thumb

/θʌm/

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牛津核心词汇

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中文翻译

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

英文解释

n. the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

n. the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb

词态变化

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

常见例句

1)A word that [URBANDICTIONARY.COM] uses as the confirmation button sometimes when you vote thumbs up or down.\r 2)The way i took up saying "alright", not knowing that it was already being used as a 'hip' or 'kewl' way to say al right..

Bad ass motherfucker *popularized by [Dane Cook] > Carlos is a BAMF. > That dude just ate a bowl of thumbtacks, he's a BAMF.

a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail

to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb. v