thumb

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基本释义

n.
拇指; (手套的)拇指部份
vi.
翘起拇指请求搭乘(过路汽车),示意请求搭便车; 翻阅
vt.
翻阅; 作搭车手势; 用拇指翻脏[翻坏](书页等)

词性变化

实用例句

She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.

她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。

牛津词典

There's a hole in the thumb.

手套的拇指上有个窟窿。

牛津词典

Let's hold thumbs that you get the job.

我们期望你如愿得到这份工作啊。

牛津词典

Their proposals were given the thumbs down .

他们的建议遭到拒绝。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

He had thumbed all across Europe.

他搭乘便车游遍了欧洲。

牛津词典

We managed to thumb a lift/ride with a truck driver.

我们设法使得过路的卡车司机允许我们搭便车。

牛津词典

She thumbed off the safety catch of her pistol.

她用拇指打开了手枪的保险栓。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.

她咬着左手的拇指尖,眼睛也不看我。

It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth...

你或许会对这个消息感兴趣,有个和罗里描述的一模一样的小男孩搭便车到了霍斯。

Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image.

伸手搭便车曾经给人以轻松随意的形象。

Does the new housing stick out like a sore thumb or blend into its surroundings?...

这个新住宅区是显得有点扎眼,还是和环境融为一体?

In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.

欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。

The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling...

想到将要无所事事,他就非常害怕。

The Government cannot expect graduates to twiddle their thumbs on the dole.

政府不愿意看到毕业生领着救济金却什么也不干。

I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb...

看见我母亲完完全全受我父亲的控制,我心里别提有多难受。

She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.

她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。

The Jones family is under the thumb of the mother.

琼斯一家人都得听从母亲的.

期刊摘选

John nipped his thumb in the door!

约翰的拇指被门夹住了!

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Hold up your right hand. Now, count down from ten, starting with your thumb.

现在, 请举起你的右手, 从你的大拇指开始从十倒数.

期刊摘选

Move the thumb as the user drags the thumb within the scroll bar.

当用户在滚动条内拖动滑块时移动滑块.

期刊摘选

Normally they are a cynical , cocksure breed who thumb their noses at trouble.

这是一个通常玩世不恭, 过度自信的种族.

期刊摘选

I just do it by rule of thumb.

我凭经验做的.

英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

真题例句

A good rule of thumb is that as soon as generals and hospital administrators jump on a management bandwagon , it is time to ask questions.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The ability to quickly thumb through pages is also lost.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

A good rule of thumb is that as soon as generals and hospital administrators jump on a management bandwagon (追随—种管理潮流), it is time to ask questions.

2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

So are you fast at writing the messages with your thumb?

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

  • 2. the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb

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

Verb
  • 1. travel by getting free rides from motorists

  • 2. look through a book or other written material;

    "He thumbed through the report"

    "She leafed through the volume"

  • 3. feel or handle with the fingers;

    "finger the binding of the book"

同义词

n.拇指

pollex

其他释义

leaf

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