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n. 拇指；（手套的）拇指部分；（灵长目动物或其他哺乳动物的）第一指；竖起大拇指，翘起大拇指（以表示赞成或说明没问题）；将拇指指向（所谈论的对象）
v. 竖起大拇指请求搭便车；用拇指摸，用拇指捋；用拇指示意；用拇指翻动，翻阅
复数thumbs
第三人称单数thumbs
现在分词thumbing
过去式thumbed
过去分词thumbed
thumb /θʌm/ CET4 TEM4 [ thumbing thumbed thumbs ]
可数名词 Your hand has four fingers and one thumb. 大拇指
She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.
她咬着左手的大拇指头，也不看我。
及物动词 If you thumb a lift or thumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift. (站在公路边) 竖起大拇指请求 (搭便车)
It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to San Antonio.
可能让你感兴趣的是，有个和罗里描述相符的男孩竖起大拇指请求搭便车到圣安东尼奥。
习语 If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them. 在…的控制下; 深受…的影响
I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb.
我无法向你形容，当我看到母亲完全在父亲的控制之下时我有多么痛苦。
green fingers→seegreen
rule of thumb→seerule
the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
同义词： pollex
the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
同义词： ovolo / quarter round
feel or handle with the fingers
同义词： finger
拇指-引用次数：83
ObjectiveTo investigatethe clinical results of repairing the thumb soft tissue defect by the index finger dorsal island flap.
目的：探讨示指背侧岛状皮瓣修复拇指软组织缺损的应用效果。
拇指-引用次数：2
The compound eye of Scylla serrata was semi-globular. On the back of the compound eye there was a thumb-shaped area which had no ommatidia.
复眼由小眼组成，背面有一拇指状的无小眼区。
参考来源几种甲壳动物复眼形态及结构的比较
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手指,指前肢的一指;手掌的五个终端部分之一,特指除拇指之外的四指之一。 拇指(Thumb): 又 这..
对付劳资(Labour)两边的妥协，奥巴马竖起了大拇指(Thumb)并说道(Said)：“两边完成了一份好答应。”
当两手的距离靠拢之时·左拇指(Thumb)再把顶牌下移，让右手(Right-hand)将下面的一张牌拿出来.由于速度非常之快，旁人一直以为拿起来(Up)的是顶牌。
翻阅；以拇指拨弄；作搭车手势；笨拙地摆弄
There's a hole in the thumb.
手套的拇指上有个窟窿。
He caught his thumb in the door.
他的拇指被门夹住了。
She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.
她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。
A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well.
VOA : special.2010.05.23
Haze opened the door and released the thumb and then slammed the door again."A howl arose that would rend almost any heart."
海斯把门打开，让他把拇指抽回去，之后又,砰地把门关上了，撕心裂肺的嚎叫声“
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
They like to--when they're computing the investment yield, they want to be completely honest and not use any rules of thumb.
当他们计算投资收益率的时候,他们需要完全精确,而非用经验公式
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Parents often wonder what effect thumb sucking or sucking on a pacifier might have on their baby's teeth.
VOA : special.2009.03.11
The American Academy of Family Physicians says most children stop sucking their thumb by the age of four.
VOA : special.2009.03.11
That way you can keep key customers under thumb while also getting valuable feedback on your business.
Kevin Mitnicks crime was to thumb his nose at the costly computer security systems employed by large corporations.
For tax-conscious investors, it's a good rule of thumb to sell losers while holding onto winners.