thumb的意思是:n.拇指;v.翻阅;示意要求搭车。thumb【近义词】leaf through迅速翻阅。thumb的读音是英[θʌm];美[θʌm]。
一、详尽释义点此查看thumb的详细内容
二、词典解释
1.(大)拇指
Yourthumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.
e.g. She bit the tip of her leftthumb, 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
Thethumb 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 youthumb a lift orthumb 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 somethingsticks out like a sore thumb orstands 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 sorethumb 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 sorethumb.
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 istwiddling theirthumbs, 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 areunder someone'sthumb, 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'sthumb...
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 herthumb.
她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
8. greenthumb -> see green
tothumb your nose at someone -> see nose
rule ofthumb -> see rule
相关词组:thumb through
三、网络解释
1. 大拇指:也可把编组后的对象转变成单一的图象或取消编组设置;Docupal可以提供了Undo和Redo的功能,并且用户能够自行设定保存操作的步骤数;Docupal可以直接把页面以HTML的形式输出;支持中文、英文两种界面;大拇指(Thumb)浏览图形,可观看多种格式的图片;
2. 缩略图:支持根据16/9或4/3显示屏实际分辨率对图片进行缩放或切图处理以适应原图长宽比率,保证显示图像不变形. 支持JPEG缩略图(Thumb)浏览.
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,
四、例句
Don't suck your thumb; it's so dirty.
别舔手指头,太脏了。
He caught his thumb in the door.
他的拇指让门夹了。
He thumbed through the address book looking for the number.
他翻阅地址簿,寻找号码。
You ought to thumb through this art book sometime.
你什么时候应该浏览一下这本美术书。
They managed to thumb a lift to Paris.
她们设法搭便车到达巴黎。
If we miss the last train we can always thumb a lift home.
如果我们赶不上末班火车,我们总可搭便车回家。
五、常用短语
六、经典引文
The brasses that Louis Quinze might have thumbed.
出自:H. James七、词源解说
thumb的相关近义词
leaf through、flick through、glance at、flip through、skim、scan、look at、turn over、leaf、pollex、hitch、hitch-hike、browse、riffle、run through、glance over、riffle through、get、lift、a、hook、ride、through、over、glance、run、finger、quarter round、flip、flick、hitchhike、ovolo、riff
thumb的相关临近词
thumbnail、thug、thumber、thumbup、thumbat、thumbtip、thumb up、thumbnut、thumbkin、thumbpin、thumb it、thumbsuck