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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

thumb

英  [θʌm]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • thumbs

    1. [C 可数名词] 大拇指

    Your hand has four fingers and one thumb.

    双语例句

    例：

    She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.

    她咬着左手的大拇指头，眼睛也不看我。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • under someone's thumb

    1. 在…的控制下 , 深受…的影响

    If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.

    双语例句

    例：

    I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb.

    我无法向你形容，当看到母亲完全在父亲的控制之下时我有多么痛苦。

    VERB. 动词

  • thumbs , thumbing , thumbed

    1. [T 及物动词] （站在路边竖起大拇指）请求搭便车

    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.

    近义词

    hitch

    双语例句

    例：

    It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to San Antonio.

    你可能会对这个消息感兴趣，有个和罗里描述相符的男孩请求搭便车到圣安东尼奥。

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