thumb

[θʌm]

n.拇指
v.翻阅, 示意要求搭车

n.

1. 拇指[C]

The little child took her ear between her thumb and forefinger and tugged it playfully.

小孩用大拇指和食指捏住她的耳朵, 拉着玩。

2. 一拇指的宽度[C]

3. (动物)第一指

vt.

1. 用拇指翻动

These books were badly thumbed.

这些书都给翻烂了。

2. 笨拙地摆弄

3. 【口】(在路边)竖起拇指要求搭车; 靠搭便车旅行

He couldn't afford the fare; he thumbed his way all over Europe.

他付不起车费, 于是他搭便车走遍欧洲。

vi.

1. 用拇指翻书; 迅速翻阅

He thumbed through the directory to look for her number.

他翻阅电话号码簿找寻她的号码。

2. 【口】竖起拇指要求搭车

I went out onto the road to start thumbing.

我走到公路上, 竖起拇指要求搭车。

词形变化

动词过去式: thumbed | 动词过去分词: thumbed | 动词现在分词: thumbing | 动词第三人称单数: thumbs |

词义辨析

同义:

n.拇指

pollex

v.浏览, 翻阅

run through  glance over  browse  leaf through  riffle through

v.搭车

hitch-hike  hitch  hook a ride  get a lift  

同义参见:

leaf  

反义参见:

finger  

英英释义

名词 thumb:

the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

同义词：pollex

the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb

a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse

同义词：ovolo, quarter round

动词 thumb:

travel by getting free rides from motorists

同义词：hitchhike, hitch

look through a book or other written material

同义词：flick, flip, riffle, leaf, riff

feel or handle with the fingers

同义词：finger

短语词组

all thumbs

1. 笨手笨脚

I dropped my coffee cup. I'm all thumbs today.

我把咖啡杯掉到地上了。我今天笨手笨脚的。

bite the thumbs at

1. 蔑视

Don't bite the thumbs at that poor child!

不要蔑视那可怜的孩子!

thumb through

1. 翻查; 一翻而过

He thumbed through the book again to look for the bookmark.

他又翻了一遍书, 想找到那张书签。

turn down the thumb

1. 表示反对

All of them turned down the thumb at the suggestion.

他们大家都反对这一建议。

turn up the thumb

1. 表示赞成

Only two people at the meeting turned up the thumb for the idea.

在会上只有两人对那个主意表示赞成。

twiddle one's thumbs

1. 闲得无聊; 浪费时间

Sometimes they had nothing to do in the office and just sat twiddling their thumbs.

有时候办公室里无事可做, 他们就坐着无聊地打发时间。

under sb.'s thumb

1. 在某人的控制下

We don't want to be under anybody's thumb.

我们不想被任何人所控制。

补充

thumbthumb英:[θʌm] 美:[θʌm]n.1.拇指This glove has a hole in the thumb.这只手套的大拇指处有个洞。

例句

1. Why do you always give my ideas the thumbs down?你为什么总是否定我的主意呢？ 2. It more or less gets the thumbs up from everyone.几乎每个人对此都称赞有加。 3. The Government cannot expect graduates to twiddle their thumbs on the dole.政府不能指望毕业生们领着救济金、无所事事。 4. She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.她将雷切尔牢牢地控制着。 5. The pages were badly thumbed.书页给翻得脏极了。 6. to thumb the pages of a book用拇指翻书页 7. He thumbed the button.他用拇指揿按钮。 8. He thumbed his way to Nottingham.他要求搭顺路车去诺丁汉。 9. She was thumbing through the magazine.她在迅速翻阅那本杂志。 10. as soon as she thumbed the button, the door slid open.她用拇指一触按钮，门就滑开了。 11. I've thumbed my address book and found quite a range of smaller hotels.我翻看我的通讯录，发现里面记了一长串的小旅馆。 12. his dictionaries were thumbed and ink-stained.他的词典均起折角，墨汁斑斑。 13. he thumbed towards the men behind him.他用拇指指着他后面的人。 14. three cars passed me and I tried to thumb a lift.三辆车经过我身边，我伸出拇指想搭便车。 15. [no obj.]he was thumbing his way across France.他搭乘便车行遍法国。 16. plans to build a house on the site have been given the thumbs down by the Department of the Environment.环境部反对在这个地方建房的计划。 17. She's got him under her thumb.她已将他完全控制住。 18. a little girl sucking her thumb吮吸大拇指的小女孩 19. I accidentally cut my thumb.我不小心割伤了大拇指。 20. My mitten has a hole in the thumb.我的连指手套大拇指处破了个洞。 21. I'm all thumbs when it comes to wrapping packages.要包包裹的时候，我就显得笨手笨脚的。 22. He kept the employees under his thumb.他使员工完全处于自己的掌控之下。 23. I thumbed a ride/lift to school.我搭了便车去上学。 24. He thumbed his way to New York.他搭便车去了纽约。 25. He thumbed across the country.他用搭便车的方式穿越了这个国家。 26. I thumbed through a magazine while I waited.在等候时，我翻了翻杂志。。 27. She thumbed her nose at my suggestions.她对我的提议不屑一顾。 28. They thumb their nose at the rules. [=they ignore the rules]他们压根就不管那些规定。 29. a well-thumbed book [=a book that has been used/read a lot]广为流传的书 30. a much-thumbed copy of the rules被广为参照的规则