thumbs
- n.拇指;(手套的)拇指部分
- 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的第三人称单数和复数
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N-COUNT (大)拇指
Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.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。
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N-COUNT (手套的)拇指部分
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VERB (站在路边，伸出手，拇指向上)请求搭便车，拦车
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.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。
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PHRASE 扎眼;碍眼
If you say that someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb or stands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.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？
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PHRASE 无所事事;闲着无聊
If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.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。
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PHRASE 在…控制下;深受…影响
If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.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。
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green thumb→ see:green
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Her thumbs were hooked into the pockets of her jeans .
她的双手拇指钩在牛仔裤袋里。
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So the first thing we need is more thumbs .
首先，我们需要更多的拇指
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Let 's hold thumbs that you get the job .
我们期望你如愿得到这份工作啊。
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The company just thumbs its nose at the legislation on pollution .
这家公司完全不把污染立法放在眼里。
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It looks like it 's thumbs up for their latest album .
看样子他们的最新歌曲专辑成功了。
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Hold the material between finger and thumb .
用拇指和另一指拿住这个材料。
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She still sucks her thumb when she 's worried .
她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。
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Their proposals were given the thumbs down .
他们的建议遭到拒绝。
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Pinch the nostrils together between your thumb and finger to stop the bleeding .
用手指捏住鼻孔止血。
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Stop sucking your thumb !
别吮手指头！
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The financial markets have given the thumbs up to the new policy
金融市场已经接受了新政策。
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In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb .
欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。
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It more or less gets the thumbs up from everyone .
它多多少少得到了每个人的支持。
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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。
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His personal goal was to put ' his thumb print ' on a program of changes .
他的个人目标是将改革方案打上“自己的印记”。
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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？
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I 'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs
我只会闲呆着，什么事也不做。
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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。
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Miss Finkelstein will put a dressing on your thumb .
芬克尔斯坦小姐会为你包扎拇指的。
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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。
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He saw her jab her thumb on a red button — a panic button
他看到她用拇指按了一个红色按钮——紧急呼叫按钮。
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He took the pen between his thumb and forefinger .
他用拇指和食指捏着笔。
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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。
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As a rule of thumb , a cup of filter coffee contains about 80mg of caffeine .
凭经验估计，一杯过滤咖啡约含80毫克咖啡因。
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She has Rachel firmly under her thumb .
她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
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The boy sucked his thumb and stared at Hebburn with huge , round eyes .
男孩吮吸着拇指，瞪圆了大眼睛盯着赫本。
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A good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times his salary if his employer is to make a profit
根据经验来看，如果雇主要获得利润，那么其代理商必须卖出相当于其工资10倍的销售额。
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Goldstone flipped through the pages and stabbed his thumb at the paragraph he was looking for
戈德斯通翻动书页，大拇指按到他正在寻找的那个段落上。
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Surgeons at Odstock Hospital , Wilts , sewed the thumb on .
威尔特郡奥德斯多克医院的外科医生将大拇指缝合上了。
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Not having much money , Mary decided to thumb a ride to New York .
玛丽因钱不多，决定搭便车到纽约去。