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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）;
📝 例句
His sore thumb puffed up.
他那疼痛发炎的大拇指肿起来了。
I went out onto the road to start thumbing.
我走到公路上,竖起拇指要求搭车。
He held it between the tips of his thumb and forefinger.
他用他大拇指和食指尖拿着它。
The human thumb is apposable.
人类的拇指与其他四指并置。
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。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ thumb-大拇指,sum-总数:挑起大拇指,意味着总数
※ thu-拼音“太湖”,mb-拼音“面包”:太湖里有个拇指面包
※ t-拼音“他”,hu-拼音“护”,mb-拼音“毛笔”:他很爱护毛笔,我们对他竖起大拇指
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
thumb
n
1 short thick finger set apart from the other four 拇指. =>illus at hand 见hand插图.
2 part of a glove covering this （手套的）拇指部分.
3 (idm 习语) be all (fingers and) `thumbs be very clumsy, esp when handling things 十分笨拙; （尤指）笨手笨脚. a rule of thumb => rule. stand/stick out like a sore thumb => sore. thumbs `up/`down (phrase or gesture used to indicate success or approval/failure or rejection 表示成功或赞许[失败或拒绝]的用语或手势)
givesb/sth the thumbs up 称赞某人[某事物]
I'm afraid it's thumbs down for your new proposal. 我看你的新建议是行不通了. twiddle one's thumbs => twiddle. under sb's `thumb completely under sb's influence or control 完全受某人的影响或支配
She's got him under her thumb. 她把他管住了. thumb, v
1 [Ipr, Tn] ~ (through) sth turn over the pages of (a book); make (a book, pages) worn or dirty by doing this 翻（书）页; 将（书、 书页）翻坏或弄脏
thumbing through the dictionary 翻查词典
a well-thumbedcopy 翻旧了的一本书.
2 (idm 习语) thumb a `lift (try to) get a free ride in a motor vehicle by signalling with one's thumb; hitch-hike 向路过的机动车竖起拇指表示要求免费搭车. thumb one's nose at sb/sth make a rude gesture at sb/sth by putting one's thumb against the end of one's nose 将拇指放在鼻尖上作为对某人[某事物]表示轻蔑的手势.
🎯 考研助记
藤椅(th)上的有钱人(um)的 拇指是b 网友：yqy 补充：t他，humb谦恭（＝humble）：他是谦恭的人，所以能做No1－－竖起大拇指 网友：yqy补充： thumb拇指，forefinger(also index finger)食指,middle finger中指, ring finger环指, 无名指,little finger(US pinkie)小指
🔁 扩展释义
*[θʌm]n. 拇指vt. 以拇指拨弄, 笨拙地摆弄, 用拇指翻旧, 迅速翻阅, 作搭车手势【医】 拇指, 拇相关词组: turn up the thumb stick out like a sore thumb under sb's thumb weigh the thumb thumb through thumb through the records of turn down the thumb
🏥 医学释义
①拇指 ②摸，压，按
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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That's easy. I can do that tomorrow. I'll bring my drill.
那容易。我明天就做。我把钻头带来。
For one thing, when you earn money, you will not have to keep on asking your parents for money.
首先，当自己挣了钱，你就用不着老向父母要钱了。
This evening the cave was ours. It belonged to no one else.
今天晚上，山洞是我们的，它不属于别人。