"He thumbed through the report"
"She leafed through the volume"
"finger the binding of the book"
1.(大)拇指
Yourthumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.
e.g. She bit the tip of her leftthumb, 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
Thethumb of a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.
3.(站在路边，伸出手，拇指向上)请求搭便车，拦车
If youthumb a lift orthumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.
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e.g. 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。
e.g. 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.扎眼;碍眼
If you say that someone or somethingsticks out like a sore thumb orstands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.
e.g. Does the new housing stick out like a sorethumb 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？
e.g. In Japan a European stands out like a sorethumb.
欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。
6.无所事事;闲着无聊
If you say that someone istwiddling theirthumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
thumb的翻译
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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.在…控制下;深受…影响
If you areunder someone'sthumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
e.g. I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father'sthumb...
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。
e.g. She has Rachel firmly under herthumb.
她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
8. greenthumb -> see green
tothumb your nose at someone -> see nose
rule ofthumb -> see rule
相关词组：thumb through
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3. 姆指：互评 自评 右手运球 以手指(finger)而不是手掌(palm)去控制篮球持球 手指在球的两边分开,姆指(thumb)指向胸口出球时 双手完全伸直,食指(INDEX FINGER)指向传球目标持球 手指在球的两边分开,姆指(thumb)指向胸口出球时 双手完全伸直,
别舔手指头，太脏了。
He caught his thumb in the door.他的拇指让门夹了。
He thumbed through the address book looking for the number.他翻阅地址簿，寻找号码。
You ought to thumb through this art book sometime.你什么时候应该浏览一下这本美术书。
They managed to thumb a lift to Paris.她们设法搭便车到达巴黎。
If we miss the last train we can always thumb a lift home.如果我们赶不上末班火车，我们总可搭便车回家。
She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。
There's a hole in the thumb.手套的拇指上有个窟窿。
Let's hold thumbs that you get the job.我们期望你如愿得到这份工作啊。
Their proposals were given the thumbs down .他们的建议遭到拒绝。
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。
He had thumbed all across Europe.他搭乘便车游遍了欧洲。
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。
She thumbed off the safety catch of her pistol.她用拇指打开了手枪的保险栓。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
The Jones family is under the thumb of the mother.琼斯一家人都得听从母亲的.
John nipped his thumb in the door!约翰的拇指被门夹住了!
Hold up your right hand. Now, count down from ten, starting with your thumb.现在, 请举起你的右手, 从你的大拇指开始从十倒数.
Move the thumb as the user drags the thumb within the scroll bar.当用户在滚动条内拖动滑块时移动滑块.
Normally they are a cynical , cocksure breed who thumb their noses at trouble.这是一个通常玩世不恭, 过度自信的种族.
I just do it by rule of thumb.我凭经验做的.
The brasses that Louis Quinze might have thumbed.
出自：H. JamesShopping in the Dime Store-(在低价商店购物)
A：Do you carry black ink?
你们有黑墨水卖吗？
B：The ink should be next to the paper clips andthumb tacks in the stationary section, sir.
墨水应该在文具部的回形针和图钉旁边，先生。
A：I've looked, but I didn't see any black ink.
我看过了，但没找到黑墨水。
B：Then I'm afraid there's none in stock.
那我想是缺货了。
A：Well, I'll settle for blue-black. I'll also take a dozen airmail envelopes.
嗯，那要蓝黑的也可以。我还要一打航空信封。
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B：They come in packages of ten or twenty.
信封分成十只一扎或二十只一扎出售。
A：Give me a package of twenty, then. And where do I find shoelaces?
那就给我二十只一扎的。还有我去哪儿可以找到鞋带。
B：On counter three.
在第三号柜台。
A：Thank you. I never can find my way around this store.
谢谢，我在这家商店里总是搞不清商品的部位。
B：I know. It took me three weeks, and I work here.
我知道。我在这儿工作，花了三个星期才熟悉。
