thumb

英 [θʌm]

美 [θʌm]

基本含义：

n.拇指

v.翻阅；示意要求搭车

详情解释：

n.(名词)

• 拇指；拇指部分；拇趾
• 一拇指的宽度
• 第一指
• 【建】馒形饰
• 键击噪声
• 指状突
• 笨手笨脚，笨拙
• 手指不灵活
• 翘拇指
• 拇指向下
• 动物肢体上类似人类拇指的部分

v.(动词)

• 用拇指翻动，用拇指翻书，以拇指拨弄
• 笨拙地摆弄，笨手笨脚地做
• 靠搭便车旅行
• 迅速翻阅（书页），翻动
• 用拇指翻脏
• 反复读
• 拙劣地弹
• （在路边）竖起拇指要求搭车，示意请求搭便车
• 用拇指弹， 用拇指摸， 用拇指捋
• 嗤之以鼻，蔑视
• 笨拙处理，拙劣地处理
• 弄坏，弄脏

n.(名词)

• [C]拇指 the short thick finger at the side of your hand

noun

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

Synonym: ovoloquarter round

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

3. the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

Synonym: pollex

verb

1. feel or handle with the fingers

e.g. finger the binding of the book

Synonym: finger

2. travel by getting free rides from motorists

Synonym: hitchhikehitch

3. look through a book or other written material

e.g. He thumbed through the report
She leafed through the volume

Synonym: flickflipriffleleafriff

1. (大)拇指
Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.

e.g. 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。

2. (手套的)拇指部分
The thumb of a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.

3. (站在路边，伸出手，拇指向上)请求搭便车，拦车
If you thumb a lift or thumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.

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e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

4. see also: well-thumbed

5. 扎眼;碍眼
If you say that someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb or stands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.

e.g. 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？
e.g. In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。

6. 无所事事;闲着无聊
If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.

thumb的翻译

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

7. 在…控制下;深受…影响
If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.

e.g. 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。
e.g. She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。

8. green thumb -> see green
to thumb your nose at someone -> see nose
rule of thumb -> see rule

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3. 姆指：互评 自评 右手运球 以手指(finger)而不是手掌(palm)去控制篮球持球 手指在球的两边分开,姆指(THUMB)指向胸口出球时 双手完全伸直,食指(INDEX FINGER)指向传球目标持球 手指在球的两边分开,姆指(THUMB)指向胸口出球时 双手完全伸直,

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相关例句：

Miss Finkelstein will put a dressing on your thumb.(芬克尔斯坦小姐将在你的大拇指上包一层敷料。)

Tom Thumb, seeing his father, cried out, "See, father, here I am with the cart, all right and safe!"(大拇指汤姆看见了父亲，立即喊道：“爸爸，你看，我和马车一起来了，平安无事！”)

Some read from old lecture notes and then haltingly explained the thumb-worn last lines.(有些人读着旧的课堂笔记，然后吞吞吐吐地解释着用拇指写的最后几行。)

My TDD rule of thumb is that tests should be moist but not drenched.(我的TDD经验法则是，测试应该是湿润的，但是不要湿透。)

For the underestimation of each finger length, from the thumb to the pinky, increased by about 7 percent in each finger.(对于每个手指长度的低估程度，从大拇指到小指依次递增约7%。)

It will hurt people differ to the extent to watch me slam my thumb with a hammer.(不同的人看到我用锤子敲打拇指会感受到不同程度的痛苦。)

Likewise, a sign for OK, forming a circle with our forefinger and thumb, means zero in France and money in Japan.(同样地，用食指和大拇指围成一个圈的表示OK的手势，在法国表示“零”，在日本表示“钱”。)

Time and again, Mr. Heaney returns to the image of the pen. He began his long career writing of such a pen, nestling snug as a gun between finger and thumb.(希尼先生一次又一次回到了“笔”这个意象中。他开始了他漫长的写作生涯，这支笔就像一支枪，舒适地依偎在他的手指和拇指之间。)

A good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times his salary if his employer is to make a profit.(一个很好的经验法则是，雇主要获取利润的话，其中间人必须创造10倍于自己薪水的销售额。)

But they also have a thumb on each foot instead of a big toe.(但它们的每只脚上都有一个拇指，而不是一个大脚趾。)