thumbed

英 [θʌmd]

美 [θʌmd]

v.  翘起拇指请求搭乘(过路汽车); 示意请求搭便车; 用拇指摸; 用拇指捋
thumb的过去分词和过去式

过去式：thumbed　过去分词：thumbed　

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (大)拇指
  Yourthumbis the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.
  1. 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。
• (手套的)拇指部分
  Thethumbof a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.
• VERB (站在路边，伸出手，拇指向上)请求搭便车，拦车
  If youthumba lift orthumba ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• See also:well-thumbed
• PHRASE 扎眼;碍眼
  If you say that someone or somethingsticks out like a sore thumborstands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.
  1. 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？
  2. In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
     欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。
• PHRASE 无所事事;闲着无聊
  If you say that someone istwiddlingtheirthumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 在…控制下;深受…影响
  If you areundersomeone'sthumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
  1. 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。
  2. She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
     她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
• green thumb→ see:green

英英释义

adj

• (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning
  1. well-thumbed pages of the dictionary

双语例句

• He thumbed a lift by the roadside.
  他在路边向过路汽车要求免费搭乘。
• 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。
• He thumbed his way to Boston.
  他搭乘别人顺路的车去波士顿。
• After Bob ran into the house he thumbed his nose at Tom through the window.
  鲍勃溜进屋里从窗口向汤姆做鬼脸嘲笑他。
• I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.
  我搭车来到我的家乡，那是伊利诺斯州的迪克森。
• These books were badly thumbed.
  这些书都给翻烂了。
• He thumbed through the book again to look for the bookmark.
  他又翻了一遍书，想找到那张书签。
• He has always thumbed his nose at the media.
  他对媒体一直都嗤之以鼻。
• He couldn't afford the fare; he thumbed his way all over europe.
  他付不起车费，于是他搭便车走遍欧洲。
• Dee broke off a piece of limestone and thumbed it into the stream.
  迪伊掰下一块石灰石，用拇指弹进河里。