thumbs

英 [θʌmz]

美 [θʌmz]

n.  拇指; (手套的)拇指部分
v.  翘起拇指请求搭乘(过路汽车); 示意请求搭便车; 用拇指摸; 用拇指捋
thumb的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (大)拇指
  Yourthumbis the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.
  1. 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。
• (手套的)拇指部分
  Thethumbof a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.
• VERB (站在路边，伸出手，拇指向上)请求搭便车，拦车
  If youthumba lift orthumba ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• See also:well-thumbed
• PHRASE 扎眼;碍眼
  If you say that someone or somethingsticks out like a sore thumborstands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.
  1. 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？
  2. In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
     欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。
• PHRASE 无所事事;闲着无聊
  If you say that someone istwiddlingtheirthumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 在…控制下;深受…影响
  If you areundersomeone'sthumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
  1. 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。
  2. She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
     她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
• green thumb→ see:green

双语例句

• They turned thumbs down on jack's plan.
  他们否决了杰克的计划。
• The line connecting your thumbs is what you're measuring to.
  这个线连接着你的拇指就是你要测量的结果了。
• If you look at the tips of your fingers and thumbs you'll see lines on them.
  如果你看看你手指和拇指的指尖，你会看到它们上面的纹线。
• Or my thumbs, they get stiff and sore.
  否则我得拇指，就会僵硬和疼痛。
• It more or less gets the thumbs up from everyone.
  它多多少少得到了每个人的支持。
• I could never be a surgeon. I'm all thumbs.
  我决不可能成为一名外科医生，我总是笨手笨脚的。
• Mr. Zhang knocked over three beautiful vases and seemed to be all thumbs.
  张先生打翻了三个漂亮的花瓶，看来是个笨手笨脚的人。
• I'm afraid it's thumbs down for your new proposal.
  我看你的新建议是行不通了。
• 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。
• I'm all fingers and thumbs today. that's the third plate I've dropped this morning.
  今天我笨手笨脚的，那已是我今天早晨打碎的第三个盘子了。