thumb

[θʌm]

n.拇指
v.翻阅, 示意要求搭车

例句与用法：

The modern office block sticks out like a sore thumb among the old buildings in the area.

那座现代的办公楼直挺挺地竖在那片旧建筑物群中十分扎眼。

Don't suck your thumb; it's so dirty.

别舔手指头，太脏了。

As a rule of thumb, you should cook a chicken for 20 minutes for each pound that it weighs.

凭经验估计，每磅鸡肉应烹调20分钟。

He caught his thumb in the door.

他的拇指让门夹了。

I feel my fingers are all thumbs today.

我觉得我今天笨手笨脚。

He thumbed through the address book looking for the number.

他翻阅地址簿，寻找号码。

When the play opened, the local press gave it the thumbs down.

这出戏公演时，当地报纸对它评价不佳。

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 |

详细释义：

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。

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。