thumb
noun
verb
θʌm noun
1 the part of your hand that is shaped like a thick short finger and helps you to hold things 〔手的〕拇指
a baby sucking its thumb
吮着大拇指的一个小宝宝
She held the coin carefully between finger and thumb.
她小心翼翼地把那枚硬币捏在食指和拇指之间。
2 the part of a GLOVE that fits over your thumb 〔手套的〕拇指部分
3
be all fingers and thumbs be all thumbs
; be all thumbs AmE [美] informal to be unable to do something in which you have to make small careful movements with your fingers [非正式] 笨手笨脚 BrE AmE informal
Would you do up these buttons for me? I seem to be all thumbs today.
帮我扣上这些纽扣好吗？今天我感觉自己笨手笨脚的。
4
the thumbs up/down
when an idea or plan is officially accepted or not accepted 正式接受/拒绝〔观点或计划〕 informal
The project was finally given the thumbs up .
项目终于获得批准。
Her performance got the thumbs down from the critics.
她的表演受到了评论家的批评。
5
be under sb’s thumb
to be so strongly influenced by someone that they control you completely 完全在某人的控制下; 在某人的巨大影响之下
He was still under his father’s thumb.
他仍受制于他的父亲。
verb
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thumb a lift thumb a ride
; thumb a ride AmE [美] informal to persuade a driver of a passing car to stop and take you somewhere, by putting your hand out with your thumb raised [非正式] 伸出拇指请求搭车，伸出拇指拦车 BrE AmE informal
I thumbed a lift into town.
我拦顺路车进了城。
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thumb your nose at sb/sth
to show that you do not respect rules, laws etc or you do not care what someone thinks of you 蔑视〔规则、法律等〕; 不在乎〔别人对自己的看法〕
a chance to thumb his nose at the college authorities
挑战学院领导的机会
8 to look through a book, magazine etc quickly 匆匆翻阅，浏览〔图书、杂志等〕
I began thumbing through the pages of a gardening catalogue.
我随便翻起一本园艺目录。