thumb

noun

1. 拇指
   the short thick finger at the side of the hand, slightly apart from the other four
   1. She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.
      她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。
2. （手套的）拇指部分
   the part of a glove that covers the thumb
   1. There's a hole in the thumb.
      手套的拇指上有个窟窿。

verb

1. 翘起拇指请求搭乘（过路汽车）；示意请求搭便车
   to make a signal with your thumb to passing drivers to ask them to stop and take you somewhere
   1. He had thumbed all across Europe.
      他搭乘便车游遍了欧洲。
   2. We managed to thumb a lift/ride with a truck driver.
      我们设法使得过路的卡车司机允许我们搭便车。
2. 用拇指摸；用拇指捋
   to touch or move sth with your thumb
   1. She thumbed off the safety catch of her pistol.
      她用拇指打开了手枪的保险栓。

1. N-COUNT (大)拇指
   Your thumb is 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。
2. (手套的)拇指部分
   The thumb of a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.
3. VERB (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.
   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。
4. See also: well-thumbed
5. PHRASE 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.
   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。
6. PHRASE 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.
   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。
7. PHRASE 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.
   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。
8. green thumb → see: green

1. Miss Finkelstein will put a dressing on your thumb.
   芬克尔斯坦小姐会为你包扎拇指的。
2. He took the pen between his thumb and forefinger.
   他用拇指和食指捏着笔。
3. He saw her jab her thumb on a red button — a panic button
   他看到她用拇指按了一个红色按钮——紧急呼叫按钮。
4. The boy sucked his thumb and stared at Hebburn with huge, round eyes.
   男孩吮吸着拇指，瞪圆了大眼睛盯着赫本。
5. 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
   根据经验来看，如果雇主要获得利润，那么其代理商必须卖出相当于其工资10倍的销售额。
6. As a rule of thumb, a cup of filter coffee contains about 80mg of caffeine.
   凭经验估计，一杯过滤咖啡约含80毫克咖啡因。
7. Surgeons at Odstock Hospital, Wilts, sewed the thumb on.
   威尔特郡奥德斯多克医院的外科医生将大拇指缝合上了。
8. Goldstone flipped through the pages and stabbed his thumb at the paragraph he was looking for
   戈德斯通翻动书页，大拇指按到他正在寻找的那个段落上。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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？
13. In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
    欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
    她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
18. His personal goal was to put 'his thumb print' on a program of changes.
    他的个人目标是将改革方案打上“自己的印记”。
19. John nipped his thumb in the door!
    约翰的拇指被门夹住了！
20. Not having much money, Mary decided to thumb a ride to New York.
    玛丽因钱不多，决定搭便车到纽约去。
21. There's a broken whorl on the thumb and four whorls on the fingers of the left hand.
    左手的大拇指是个破螺，其他四个指头都是螺。
22. The modern office block sticks out like a sore thumb among the old buildings in the area.
    那座现代的办公大楼昂然地竖立在那片旧建筑物中十分扎眼。
23. She had him under her thumb for many years, but he finally kicked over the traces.
    她管束他多年，最后他终于摆脱了她的控制。
24. She had a painful cut on her thumb.
    她的拇指上有个疼痛的伤口。
25. Forefinger and thumb opposing positions.
    食指和大拇指，相对的位置。
26. I have four fingers and a thumb but I am not alive.
    我有四个手指头和一个大拇指，但是我没有生命。
27. You give me your thumb and your forefinger.
    把你的拇指和食指伸过来。
28. Who did thumb girl marry at last?
    拇指姑娘最后和谁结婚了？
29. I just stuck out my thumb and here I am.
    我只是伸出我的拇指，我们就来了。
30. This makes it easier to snap with your thumb and index finger.
    它可以使你的拇指和食指很容易的接触。

thumb through sth

1. 快速翻阅
   to turn the pages of a book quickly in order to get a general idea of what is in it
   1. She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.
      她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。

n.

be all (fingers and) thumbs

• 笨手笨脚；笨拙；手指不灵活
  to be awkward with your hands so that you drop things or are unable to do sth

hold thumbs

• 希望（计划）成功；期望如愿以偿
  to hope that your plans will be successful or that sth will take place in the way that you want it to
  1. Let's hold thumbs that you get the job.
     我们期望你如愿得到这份工作啊。

thumbs up/down

• 翘拇指（表示接受或成功）；拇指向下（表示拒绝或不成功）
  used to show that sth has been accepted/rejected or that it is/is not a success
  1. Their proposals were given the thumbs down .
     他们的建议遭到拒绝。
  2. It looks like it's thumbs up for their latest album.
     看样子他们的最新歌曲专辑成功了。

under sb's thumb

• 完全受人支配；受制于人
  completely controlled by sb

a rule of thumb

• 实用的估算方法，经验工作法（常依据经验而非准确测量）
  a practical method of doing or measuring sth, usually based on past experience rather than on exact measurement

stand/stick out like a sore thumb

• 刺眼；扎眼
  to be very noticeable in an unpleasant way

twiddle your thumbs

twiddle your thumbs

v.

thumb your nose at sb/sth

• 嗤之以鼻；蔑视
  to make a rude sign with your thumb on your nose; to show that you have no respect for sb/sth
  1. The company just thumbs its nose at the legislation on pollution.
     这家公司完全不把污染立法放在眼里。

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
   1. 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
   1. He thumbed through the report
   2. She leafed through the volume

   Synonym:    flickflipriffleleafriff