音标:[θʌm] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 拇指
vt. 以拇指拨弄, 笨拙地摆弄, 用拇指翻旧, 迅速翻阅, 作搭车手势
n. the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
n. the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
词型变化:名词复数形式 : thumbs ; 过去式 : thumbed ; 现在分词 : thumbing ; 第三人称单数 : thumbs ; 过去分词 : thumbed
考试类型:[四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS]
词性分布:
名词88%
动词12%

thumb的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Don't suck your thumb; it's so dirty.别舔手指头,太脏了。
  2. He caught his thumb in the door.他的拇指让门夹了。
用作动词(v.)
  1. He thumbed through the address book looking for the number.他翻阅地址簿,寻找号码。
  2. You ought to thumb through this art book sometime.你什么时候应该浏览一下这本美术书。
  3. They managed to thumb a lift to Paris.她们设法搭便车到达巴黎。
  4. If we miss the last train we can always thumb a lift home.如果我们赶不上末班火车,我们总可搭便车回家。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. This glove has a hole in the thumb.这只手套的大拇指处有个洞。
  2. The baby sucked its thumb.那婴孩吮吸大拇指。
  3. John always bites the thumbs at Jack's greedy action.约翰总是对杰克的贪婪行为嗤之以鼻。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
be all (fingers and) thumbs
    笨手笨脚be very clumsy
stick out like a sore thumb
    显得别扭be very obvious or conspicuous and unpleasing

词汇搭配

  • thumb index书边标目
  • green thumb特殊园艺才能...
  • thumb through浏览
  • thumb piano拇指琴
  • lady's thumb【植物
  • thumb rule计算中近似法,经验法...
  • thumb tack图钉
  • thumb cleat拇指系索耳
  • thumb wheel拇指转动,姆指旋轮,...
  • thumb forceps[医] 按捏镊
  • thumb up翘拇指
  • thumb pin图钉
  • thumb screw翼形螺钉
  • thumb switch按扭开关,拇指开关...
  • Tom Thumb大拇指汤姆(英国民间...
  • thumb nut蝶形螺母
  • under sb's thumb在某人的支配下, 在...
  • thumb a lift搭便车
  • all thumbs笨手笨脚
  • stick out like a sore thumb显得十分不自然,惹人...

经典引文

  • The brasses that Louis Quinze might have thumbed.

    出自:H. James
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