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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4504 COCA: 3748

thumb

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Related topics: Human
thumb1 /θʌm/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC]  
1  hand.jpg HBHthe part of your hand that is shaped like a thick short finger and helps you to hold things 〔手的〕拇指
 a baby sucking its thumb
吮着大拇指的婴儿
 She held the coin carefully between finger and thumb.
她小心翼翼地把那枚硬币捏在食指和拇指之间。
→4  See picture of 见图 HAND 1 →5 see picture at 见图 hand1
2. DCCthe part of a glove that fits over your thumb 〔手套的〕拇指部分
3  be all fingers and thumbs British EnglishBrE, be all thumbs American English informalCLUMSY to be unable to do something in which you have to make small careful movements with your fingers 笨手笨脚
 Would you do up these buttons for me? I seem to be all thumbs today.
帮我扣上这些纽扣好吗？今天我感觉自己笨手笨脚的。
Examples from the Corpus
be all fingers and thumbs• She was all fingers and thumbs - and worry.
4  the thumbs up/down informalACCEPTREJECT/NOT ACCEPT when an idea or plan is officially accepted or not accepted 正式接受/拒绝〔观点或计划〕
 The project was finally given the thumbs up.
项目终于获得批准。
 Her performance got the thumbs down from the critics.
她的表演受到了评论家的批评。
Examples from the Corpus
given the thumbs up• The Dole campaign has not yet given the thumbs up, preferring to wait for the results of Super Tuesday.
5  be under somebody’s thumb OBEYto be so strongly influenced by someone that they control you completely 完全在某人的控制之下；在某人的巨大影响下
 He was still under his father’s thumb.
他仍受制于他的父亲。
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be under somebody’s thumb• Meg's really got Darren under her thumb.• He was showing her that she was under his thumb.• Judges are under the thumb of the bureaucracy.
→ rule of thumb at rule1(8), → stand/stick out like a sore thumb at sore1(6)
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thumb• But it was plainly calculated as a thumb in the eye of the United States.• Then he looked at Bill Wall, extending his hand with finger and thumb crooked.• The third had a grotesquely enlarged thumb.• She put the mustache back and pressed it with her thumb.• I sat there and twiddled my thumbs.• As a rule of thumb, funds with durations of one to three years are relatively conservative.• When constructing a footpath we follow rules of thumb.
thumb2 verb  
1  thumb a lift British EnglishBrE, thumb a ride American English informalTTC to persuade a driver of a passing car to stop and take you somewhere, by putting your hand out with your thumb raised 伸出拇指请求搭车，伸出拇指拦车
 I thumbed a lift into town.
我拦顺路车进了城。
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thumb a lift• Luke Bouverie missed the last bus out of Woodborough to Loxford, so he thumbed a lift.• Two or three cars passed me and I tried to thumb a lift, but they didn't stop.• You try to thumb a lift from the cars as they approach from either direction, sweeping you with their headlights.
2  thumb your nose at somebody/something REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto show that you do not respect rules, laws etc or you do not care what someone thinks of you 蔑视〔规则、法律等〕；不在乎〔别人对自己的看法〕
 a chance to thumb his nose at the college authorities
挑战学院领导的机会
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thumb your nose at somebody/something• So long as he had the support of Sir Rufus Stone, he could thumb his nose at Cotton.• Voters have thumbed their noses at it.• Voters here have always been drawn to against-the-grain outsiders who make a career of thumbing their noses at party traditionalists.• Judges who thumb their noses at presidents are thought to be good for democracy.• The protestors were denigrating the primary symbol of the ordained ministry, they claimed, and thumbing their noses at the Church.• Faubus had again thumbed his nose at the judiciary by refusing to appear.• This is yet another example of Republicans thumbing their nose at the poor.
3 thumb through something phrasal verbphr v READto look through a book, magazine etc quickly 匆匆翻阅，浏览〔图书、杂志等〕
 I began thumbing through the pages of a gardening catalogue.
我随便翻起一本园艺目录册。
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thumb through • As a joke I actually bought it for Richard to thumb through.• I was thumbing through that looking for a pizza coupon tonight and said oh.• Indeed, one can thumb through the Bible and find justification for just about anything.• As she thumbs through the catalog, she points to a number of them.• Once again Azadi thumbed through the intelligence report for some inspiration.• But just thumbing through the pages will always be a delightful task.• Inside the booth, he secured the door with his foot and thumbed through the phone book.• Without thumbing through Who's Who?, he's now agreed to read four better-known celebrity faces.
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thumb• Two or three cars passed me and I tried to thumb a lift, but they didn't stop.• Faubus had again thumbed his nose at the judiciary by refusing to appear.• Voters here have always been drawn to against-the-grain outsiders who make a career of thumbing their noses at party traditionalists.• She thumbed them into the magazine before placing it carefully back in the box with the weapon.• Once again Azadi thumbed through the intelligence report for some inspiration.• As a joke I actually bought it for Richard to thumb through.
Origin thumb1
Old English thuma
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4504 COCA: 3748
thumb

noun

VERB + THUMB | THUMB + NOUN | PHRASES VERB + THUMB➤suck吮拇指▸➤flick, jab, jerk輕彈拇指；用拇指戳；猛地一動拇指◇'What'll we do with them?' he asked, jerking his thumb at the suitcases.“這些我們該如何處理？”他朝手提箱一揮拇指問道。➤raise, stick out豎起／伸出拇指◇He smiled and raised a thumb in greeting.他微微一笑，豎起拇指表示問候。◇I stuck out a thumb and a car stopped immediately.我伸出大拇指，馬上有一輛車停了下來。➤twiddle (often figurative) 捻弄大拇指；閒得無聊◇I sat there twiddling my thumbs until the manager finally appeared.我坐在那兒百無聊賴，直到經理終於出現。THUMB + NOUN➤nail (usually thumbnail) 拇指指甲PHRASES➤between finger and thumb, between thumb and forefinger拇指和食指之間◇I picked up the beetle carefully between finger and thumb.我用食指和拇指小心地揑起甲蟲。➤thumbs up豎起大拇指◇He made a thumbs-up sign through the window to tell us everything was fine.他隔着窗子豎起大拇指，告訴我們一切順利。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4504 COCA: 3748
thumb noun
⇨ thumbs up ⇨ approval
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4504 COCA: 3748
thumb
General words for limbs and appendages: ankle, appendage, arch...
Gloves and mittens: gauntlet, glove, mitt...
To travel in a vehicle: go, ride, commute...
To show that you do not respect someone or something: scorn, laugh, sneer...
To read something quickly: glance, skim, flick through...

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