thumb
/θʌm/
n. / v.
标准词条
CET-4
一句话记住
拇指;用拇指翻动;示意搭便车
释义与例句
n.
拇指
the short, thick finger on the side of your hand that can touch the other fingers
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He sucked his thumb as a baby.
他小时候爱吮拇指。
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She pricked her thumb with a needle.
她用针扎到了拇指。
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Hold the rope between your thumb and forefinger.
用拇指和食指捏住绳子。
v.
用拇指翻动;示意搭便车
to turn the pages of a book quickly with your thumb; to signal to a driver to stop by holding out your thumb
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She thumbed through the magazine while waiting.
她等候时随手翻阅杂志。
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We thumbed a lift to the next town.
我们搭便车去了下一个城镇。
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He thumbed the pages of the old album.
他用拇指翻阅那本旧相册。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
thumb 音似「撒拇」 → 撒手指出去的拇指 → 拇指
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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thumbnail 拇指指甲;缩略图原指拇指指甲,也指电脑中的小尺寸预览图。
同义词
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pollex 拇指(解剖学术语)thumb 是日常用词;pollex 是解剖学或正式术语,专门指拇指。The pollex is opposable in humans and apes. 人类和猿类的拇指是对生的。
反义词
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toe 脚趾thumb 是手上的拇指,toe 是脚上的脚趾,分别位于手和脚,形成对应。I stubbed my toe on the chair. 我的脚趾撞到椅子上了。
常见搭配
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under sb's thumb 受某人支配He's completely under his wife's thumb. 他完全受妻子的支配。
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thumb through 翻阅;浏览I thumbed through the report on the train. 我在火车上翻阅了那份报告。
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thumbs up 竖起大拇指(表示赞许)The boss gave the project a thumbs up. 老板对这个项目竖起了大拇指。