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🔑 thumbBrE /θʌm/NAmE /θʌm/ noun🔑 the short thick finger at the side of the hand, slightly apart from the other four 拇指◆She still sucks her thumb when she's worried. 她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。 ➡ see also green thumb 🔑 the part of a glove that covers the thumb （手套的）拇指部分◆There's a hole in the thumb. 手套的拇指上有个窟窿。 ●be all (ˌfingers and) ˈthumbsto be awkward with your hands so that you drop things or are unable to do sth 笨手笨脚；笨拙；手指不灵活●hold ˈthumbs(SAfrE) to hope that your plans will be successful or that sth will take place in the way that you want it to 希望（计划）成功；期望如愿以偿◆Let's hold thumbs that you get the job. 我们期望你如愿得到这份工作啊。●thumbs ˈup/ˈdown(informal) used to show that sth has been accepted/rejected or that it is/is not a success 跷拇指（表示接受或成功）；拇指向下（表示拒绝或不成功）◆Their proposals were given the thumbs down. 他们的建议遭到拒绝。◆It looks like it's thumbs up for their latest album. 看样子他们的最新歌曲专辑成功了。 ORIGIN In contests in ancient Rome the public put their thumbs up if they wanted a gladiator to live, and down if they wanted him to be killed. 在古罗马的角斗中，公众若希望角斗士活就竖起拇指朝上，若希望他被杀死就伸出拇指朝下。●under sb's ˈthumb(of a person 人) completely controlled by sb 完全受人支配；受制于人●a rule of ˈthumba practical method of doing or measuring sth, usually based on past experience rather than on exact measurement 实用的估算方法，经验工作法（常依据经验而非准确测量）●stand/stick out like a sore ˈthumbto be very noticeable in an unpleasant way 招眼；扎眼●twiddle your thumbsto move your thumbs around each other with your fingers joined together 抱手旋弄大拇指to do nothing while you are waiting for sth to happen （等待之际）无所事事 🔑 thumbBrE /θʌm/NAmE /θʌm/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they thumb BrE /θʌm/ NAmE /θʌm/present simple - he / she / it thumbs BrE /θʌmz/ NAmE /θʌmz/past simple thumbed BrE /θʌmd/ NAmE /θʌmd/past participle thumbed BrE /θʌmd/ NAmE /θʌmd/ -ing form thumbing BrE /ˈθʌmɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈθʌmɪŋ/ [I, T] to make a signal with your thumb to passing drivers to ask them to stop and take you somewhere 跷起拇指请求搭乘（过路汽车）；示意请求搭便车◆+ adv./prep. He had thumbed all across Europe. 他搭乘便车游遍了欧洲。◆(BrE) ~ a liftWe managed to thumb a lift with a lorry driver. 我们竖起拇指招呼过路的卡车司机让我们搭上便车。◆(NAmE) ~ a rideWe managed to thumb a ride with a truck driver. 我们竖起拇指招呼过路的卡车司机让我们搭上便车。 [T] ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) to touch or move sth with your thumb 用拇指摸；用拇指捋◆She thumbed off the safety catch of her pistol. 她用拇指打开了手枪的保险栓。 ➡ see also well thumbed ●thumb your ˈnose at sb/sthto make a rude sign with your thumb on your nose; to show that you have no respect for sb/sth 嗤之以鼻；蔑视◆The company just thumbs its nose at the legislation on pollution. 这家公司完全不把污染立法放在眼里。 ●ˈthumb through sthto turn the pages of a book quickly in order to get a general idea of what is in it 快速翻阅 |
