- Your thumb is the fifth digit on your hand, the one that doesn't quite match your fingers. Thumbs help us grip objects with care and precision — it would be difficult to hold chopsticks without a thumb.
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- v. 竖拇指要求搭车
- n. 拇指
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1. She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.
她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。
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2. There's a hole in the thumb.
手套的拇指上有个窟窿。
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3. He had thumbed all across Europe.
他搭乘便车游遍了欧洲。
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4. We managed to thumb a ride with a truck driver.
我们竖起拇指招呼过路的卡车司机让我们搭便车。
- thumb (n.) Old English þuma, from Proto-Germanic *thumon- (source also of Old Frisian thuma, Old Saxon, Old High German thumo, German Daumen, Dutch duim "thumb," Old Norse þumall "thumb of a glove"), literally "the stout or thick (finger)," from PIE *tum- "swell," from root *teue- "to swell." Unetymological spelling with -b (attested from late 13c.) is perhaps by influence of dumb; also compare limb (n.1).
- thumb (v.) "to go through" (especially of printed material), 1930, from thumb (n.), though the related sense of "soil or wear by handling" dates from 1640s. Earlier as a verb it meant "to play (a musical instrument) with the thumb" (1590s). Meaning "to hitchhike" is 1939; originally the thumb pointed in the direction one wished to travel. Related: Thumbed; thumbing. To thumb (one's) nose as an expression of derision is recorded from 1903.
thumb ★ / θʌm ; NAmE θʌm / noun , verb thumb thumbs thumbed thumbing noun ★ 1 ★ the short thick finger at the side of the hand, slightly apart from the other four 拇指 ◆ She still sucks her thumbwhen she's worried. 她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。 ☞see also green thumb 2 ★ the part of a glove that covers the thumb （手套的）拇指部份 ◆ There's a hole in the thumb. 手套的拇指上有个窟窿。 IDIOMS be all (ˌfingers and) ˈthumbs to be awkward with your hands so that you drop things or are unable to do sth 笨手笨脚；笨拙；手指不灵活 hold ˈthumbs ( SAfrE) to hope that your plans will be successful or that sth will take place in the way that you want it to 希望（计划）成功；期望如愿以偿 ◆ Let's hold thumbs that you get the job. 我们期望你如愿得到这份工作啊。 thumbs ˈup/ˈdown ( informal) used to show that sth has been accepted/rejected or that it is/is not a success 翘拇指（表示接受或成功）；拇指向下（表示拒绝或不成功） ◆ 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集成功了。 ORIGIN In contests in ancient Rome the public put their thumbs up if they wanted a gladiator to live, and down if they wanted him to be killed. 在古罗马的角斗中，公众若希望角斗士活就竖起拇指朝上，若希望他被杀死就伸出拇指朝下。 under sb's ˈthumb (of a person 人 ) completely controlled by sb 完全受人支配；受制于人 ☞more at rule n. , sore adj. , twiddle v. verb 1 [intransitive , transitive ] to make a signal with your thumb to passing drivers to ask them to stop and take you somewhere 翘起拇指请求搭乘（过路汽车）；示意请求搭便车 + adv./prep. ◆ He had thumbed all across Europe. 他搭乘便车游遍了欧洲。 ( BrE) ~ a lift ◆ We managed to thumb a lift with a lorry driver. 我们竖起拇指招呼过路的卡车司机让我们搭便车。 ( NAmE) ~ a ride ◆ We managed to thumb a ride with a truck driver. 我们竖起拇指招呼过路的卡车司机让我们搭便车。 2 [transitive ] thumbsth (+ adv./prep.) to touch or move sth with your thumb 用拇指摸；用拇指捋 ◆ She thumbed off the safety catch of her pistol. 她用拇指打开了手枪的保险栓。 ☞see also well thumbed IDIOM thumb your ˈnose at sb/sth to make a rude sign with your thumb on your nose; to show that you have no respect for sb/sth 嗤之以鼻；蔑视 ◆ 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。 PHRASAL VERB ˈthumb through sth to turn the pages of a book quickly in order to get a general idea of what is in it 快速翻阅 thumb / θʌm ; NAmE θʌm /
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