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

• These books were badly thumbed.
  这些书都给翻烂了。
• Judy thumbed her nose at convention by wearing old clothes.
  朱迪穿旧衣裳以表示对习俗的蔑视。
• 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。
• He thumbed through the directory to look for her number.
  他翻阅电话号码簿找寻她的号码。
• They walked as far as the cross-roads, and then thumbed a life to the railway station.
  他们一直走到十字路口，然后搭乘便车到了火车站。
• He has always thumbed his nose at the media.
  他对媒体一直都嗤之以鼻。
• The punk kids just thumbed their noses at us and walked off.
  那帮无知的小孩对我们做蔑视的手势然后离开了。
• I thumbed the pages and saw strange words and strange names.
  我用手指快速地翻着，看到了一些奇怪的词和句子。
• She thumbed through pictorials to cheat time.
  她翻阅画报，借以消磨时间。
• Eva thumbed her nose at her mother's command to stay home.
  伊娃不听从母亲让她呆在家里的命令。