thumb 的英语意思
thumbthumb1 /θʌm/ noun [countable]
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the part of your hand that is shaped like a thick short finger and helps you to hold things拇指;手上形似粗短手指、帮助握持物体的部位:
a baby sucking its thumb一个吮吸拇指的婴儿
She held the coin carefully between finger and thumb.她用手指和拇指小心地夹着那枚硬币。2the part of a glove that fits over your thumb手套中套住拇指的部分3be all fingers and thumbs British English, be all thumbs American English informal非正式 to be unable to do something in which you have to make small careful movements with your fingers笨手笨脚,无法完成需要手指进行细小精准动作的事情:
Would you do up these buttons for me? I seem to be all thumbs today.能帮我扣上这些扣子吗?我今天好像笨手笨脚的。4the thumbs up/down informal非正式 when an idea or plan is officially accepted or not accepted某个想法或计划被正式通过或否决的情形:
The project was finally given the thumbs up.这个项目终于获得了批准。
Her performance got the thumbs down from the critics.她的表演遭到了评论家们的否定。5be under somebody’s thumb to be so strongly influenced by someone that they control you completely受某人的强烈影响,完全被其掌控:
He was still under his father’s thumb.他仍然受父亲的摆布。 → rule of thumb at rule1(8), → stand/stick out like a sore thumb at sore1(6)
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the part of your hand that is shaped like a thick short finger and helps you to hold things拇指;手上形似粗短手指、帮助握持物体的部位:
a baby sucking its thumb一个吮吸拇指的婴儿
She held the coin carefully between finger and thumb.她用手指和拇指小心地夹着那枚硬币。2the part of a glove that fits over your thumb手套中套住拇指的部分3be all fingers and thumbs British English, be all thumbs American English informal非正式 to be unable to do something in which you have to make small careful movements with your fingers笨手笨脚,无法完成需要手指进行细小精准动作的事情:
Would you do up these buttons for me? I seem to be all thumbs today.能帮我扣上这些扣子吗?我今天好像笨手笨脚的。4the thumbs up/down informal非正式 when an idea or plan is officially accepted or not accepted某个想法或计划被正式通过或否决的情形:
The project was finally given the thumbs up.这个项目终于获得了批准。
Her performance got the thumbs down from the critics.她的表演遭到了评论家们的否定。5be under somebody’s thumb to be so strongly influenced by someone that they control you completely受某人的强烈影响,完全被其掌控:
He was still under his father’s thumb.他仍然受父亲的摆布。 → rule of thumb at rule1(8), → stand/stick out like a sore thumb at sore1(6)thumbthumb2 verb
1thumb a lift British English, thumb a ride American English informal非正式 to persuade a driver of a passing car to stop and take you somewhere, by putting your hand out with your thumb raised伸出手并竖起拇指,拦截过路车辆,说服司机停车并搭载你前往某处:
I thumbed a lift into town.我搭便车去了镇上。2thumb your nose at somebody/something to show that you do not respect rules, laws etc or you do not care what someone thinks of you表示不尊重规则、法律等,或不在乎他人对自己的看法:
a chance to thumb his nose at the college authorities一个向学院当局公然示以蔑视的机会thumb through something phrasal verb to look through a book, magazine etc quickly快速翻阅书籍、杂志等:
I began thumbing through the pages of a gardening catalogue.我开始翻阅一本园艺目录的页面。
1thumb a lift British English, thumb a ride American English informal非正式 to persuade a driver of a passing car to stop and take you somewhere, by putting your hand out with your thumb raised伸出手并竖起拇指,拦截过路车辆,说服司机停车并搭载你前往某处:
I thumbed a lift into town.我搭便车去了镇上。2thumb your nose at somebody/something to show that you do not respect rules, laws etc or you do not care what someone thinks of you表示不尊重规则、法律等,或不在乎他人对自己的看法:
a chance to thumb his nose at the college authorities一个向学院当局公然示以蔑视的机会thumb through something phrasal verb to look through a book, magazine etc quickly快速翻阅书籍、杂志等:
I began thumbing through the pages of a gardening catalogue.我开始翻阅一本园艺目录的页面。