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

• I'm all thumbs this morning. I forgot my keys in my bedroom.
  今天早上我笨手笨脚的。我把钥匙忘在我卧室了。
• That's the second glass I've dropped; I seem to be all fingers and thumbs today.
  那已是我掉下的第2块玻璃了，今天我似乎笨手笨脚的。
• I'm afraid it's thumbs down for your new proposal.
  我看你的新建议是行不通了。
• He twiddled his thumbs together.
  他旋弄着两个大拇指。
• I want to knit a beautiful sweater for my husband, but I'm all thumbs.
  我想给我丈夫织一件好看的毛线衣，但我手太笨了。
• 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。
• 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。
• It seems that I just cannot do anything right. I am all thumbs!
  似乎我就是无法做对一件事。我真是笨拙啊！
• I dropped my coffee cup. I'm all thumbs today.
  我把咖啡杯掉到地上了。我今天笨手笨脚的。
• You know I'm all thumbs with maths.
  你知道我对数学一窍不通。