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thumb单词基本解析：

n.拇指

v.翻阅；示意要求搭车

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

n. 拇指；（手套的）拇指部份
vi. 翘起拇指请求搭乘（过路汽车），示意请求搭便车；翻阅
vt. 翻阅；作搭车手势；用拇指翻脏[翻坏]（书页等）

thumb变化用词：

复数： thumbs
第三人称单数： thumbs
过去式： thumbed
过去分词： thumbed
现在分词： thumbing

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

过去式: thumbed 过去分词: thumbed 现在分词: thumbing 第三人称单数: thumbs

thumb中文词源：

thumb拇指 来自古英语thuma,拇指，来自Proto-Germanic*thumon,拇指，来自PIE*tum,鼓起，来自PIE*teue,鼓起，词源同tumid,thigh.插入字母b,比较number,numerate.

☆直接源自古英语的uma；最初源自西日耳曼语的thumon-，意为拇指，手套上的拇指指套。

thumb相关组词：

stick out like a sore thumb : 不自在, 处境尴尬；

thumb through : 翻查；

weigh the thumb : 骗秤头；

tom thumb flash 闪光彩炮

all thumb a. 笨手苯脚的

ball of thumb [医] 鱼际

be all thumb 笨拙的,笨手笨脚的

bifid thumb [医] 拇裂

bite the thumb at 对…嗤之以鼻,蔑视

by rule of thumb 凭经验

finger-thumb reflex [医] 指拇反射

green thumb n. 有特殊园艺才能

hop-o'-my-thumb n. 矮子, 侏儒

hop-o-my-thumb n. 矮子

Hypericum japonicum Thumb. [医] 地耳草

miller's-thumb n. 杜父鱼

plug(thumb screw) [化] 蝶形螺塞

rule of thumb [经] 约略的估计, 比较粗糙的方法

rule-of-thumb 经验法则，经验法则

stave of thumb [医] 第一掌骨纵折

stick out like a sore thumb 引人注目,惹人注意

tennis thumb [医] 网球员拇病, 拇长屈肌腱鞘炎

thumb用法和例句：

Thisglovehasaholeinthethumb.
这只手套的大拇指处有个洞。

Thebabysuckeditsthumb.
那婴孩吮吸大拇指。

JohnalwaysbitesthethumbsatJack'sgreedyaction.
约翰总是对杰克的贪婪行为嗤之以鼻。

Are you giving me a thumb's up or a thumb's down? I can't tell.

你是在鼓励我还是鄙视我 我看不出来

I was just looking for thumbs up, thumbs down.

我只盼着结果如何 点赞还是失败

Two thumbs, yeah, she got both. two thumbs.

两个大拇指 她两个都有

He sold you out, cos you cut off his thumb, or you cut off his thumb, cos you knew he was going to sell you out.

因为你切了他的拇指 所以他出卖了你 或者是因为你早知道 他会出卖你 所以你切了他的拇指

III need your long thumbs to help me open something that requires, uh, long thumbs.

我需要用用你的大拇指 厨房里有东西 需要用长点的大拇指才能打开

The thumb can move right across the palm, and you can touch the tip of your thumb to your little finger.

它可以越过手掌 大拇指指尖能和小指相碰

So, if I hold up the chimp hand and the human hand, you can see that the chimp thumb is a bit weedy compared to the human thumb.

我现在拿着黑猩猩的手和人类的手 你们能看到黑猩猩的大拇指 与人的大拇指相比更纤细

It's not a pain, but I have an awareness, an awareness in my right thumb, and when I move the right thumb, what happens is, I will experience a kind of disorientation, a dizzy feeling, and... and maybe some slight loss of appetite.

不是疼痛 但我有种感觉 我意识到是我右拇指的问题 我一动右拇指 一动它 我就觉得头晕目眩 还有点食欲不振

Their thumbs are in it, but their hearts aren't.

他们的拇指在 但心不在

You're under his thumb, same way I was.

你在他的掌控之下 跟过去的我一样

Ithumbmybeltunitfortheorderlies.
我用拇指拨弄腰带想要让她回复正常。

Stickyourthumborfingerintoitseye.
把你的拇指或其他手指扎入它的眼睛里。

Anounceofcheeseisaboutthesizeofyourthumb.
1盎司的芝士和你的拇指差不多大。

Thepictureontherightshowsitssizeagainstathumb.
右边图片将它的大小和一个拇指进行了对比。

Boththumbandthighgobacktothesameindo-europeanroot.
拇指和大腿这两个词语都可以追溯到同一个印欧语系词源。

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