| 单词 | thumb |
| 释义 | thumb /Am; exm/ n short, thick finger set apart from the other four. 拇指。少 the illus at arm. 参看 arm 之插图。 (one's fingers) be all ~s： have ten ~s, be very clumsy, 十分笨拙; 笨手笨脚。 rule of ~ . method or procedure based on experience and practice. 根据经验的作法; 经验得来的法则。 under sb's ~ ，under his influence and control, 在某人的影响或支配之下。 ~ 8 up/down, (phrase signifying success/failure). 俵示成功或失败的用语)。 ~ nail sketch, portrait on a small scale; hasty word-picture. 小型画像; 速写; 简略描述。 '~screw n a (also 亦作 ,~-nut) one that can be turned easily with the ~ and a finger. 翼形螺钉; 贾形蝶母。(b) old instrument of torture which squeezed the ~s. 拇指夹(昔时的刑具)。 '~-stall n sheath to cover an injured ~ .拇指套(保护受伤拇指者)。 tack n (US) drawing-pin. (美)图钉。 vr 1 [VP6A] turn over (pages, etc); make dirty by doing this: 翻动(书页等); 以拇指翻动而弄脏： ~ the pages of a dictionary; 翻动字典(的书页); a well- ~ed book. 常被翻动曲书。 2 ~a lift, ask for (and get) a free ride in a motor-vehicle (by signalling to the driver). 向惊车者憩梅指要求(并获准)掺便车。 → hitch-hike. ~ one's nose at sb, cock a snook at him. 把拇指放在鼻子上向某人张摇其余四指以表示轻蔑。 → snook. |
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