thumbed
英 [θʌmd]
美 [θʌmd]
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的过去分词和过去式
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.- 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。
- She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.
- (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.- 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。 - 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。
- It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth...
- 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.- 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? - In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。
- Does the new housing stick out like a sore thumb or blend into its surroundings?...
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling...
- PHRASE 在…控制下;深受…影响
If you areundersomeone'sthumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.- 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。 - She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
- I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb...
- green thumb→ see:green
英英释义
adj
- (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning
- well-thumbed pages of the dictionary
双语例句
- Thus the enthusiastic dumb man thumbed the humble man's umbrella.
于是热情的哑巴用拇指拨弄谦卑男子的伞。 - As I thumbed through the pages, I found a red rose, perfectly pressed between the passages.
翻着书页,我找到了一朵红玫瑰,它就在两节之间夹着。 - They have thumbed through volumes hunting for relevant material.
他们查阅大部的书寻找有关的资料。 - She thumbed through pictorials to cheat time.
她翻阅画报,借以消磨时间。 - He thumbed a lift by the roadside.
他在路边向过路汽车要求免费搭乘。 - These books were badly thumbed.
这些书都给翻烂了。 - 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。 - He pulled out a dirty big envelope and thumbed out some notes.
他拿出一个巨大的信封,用拇指拈出几张纸币。 - As I thumbed through the pages, the image of my friend rose up in my mind.
我翻阅着书页,脑海里出现了我的朋友的身影。 - He has always thumbed his nose at the media.
他对媒体一直都嗤之以鼻。