thumb

thumb

名词

词语辨析

词汇扩充

近义词

反义词

形容词

用法

thumb作名词时，常用来指人的拇指或物体的指状部分，也可表示赞同的表示或示意。作形容词时，常用来形容与拇指有关的事物，或表示简略的意思。

以下是柯林斯词典和牛津词典对thumb的定义：

柯林斯词典

名词

动词

牛津词典

名词

动词

例句

1. He sucked his thumb when he was a baby.（他小时候吮吸拇指。）
2. He gave a thumbs-up to show his approval.（他伸出拇指表示赞同。）
3. She tacked the photo to the wall with a thumbtack.（她用图钉把照片别在墙上。）
4. The book had thumbnails of all the illustrations in the appendix.（这本书在附录中有所有插图的缩略图。）
5. He quickly thumbed through the magazine.（他迅速地翻阅了杂志。）
6. She thumbed the pages of her diary absentmindedly.（她心不在焉地翻着她的日记。）
7. With a thumb and forefinger, he picked up the coin.（他用拇指和食指捡起硬币。）
8. She accidentally hit her thumb with a hammer.（她不小心用锤子砸到了拇指。）
9. He showed his thumbprint as identification.（他出示了指纹作为身份证明。）
10. He left a thumb-sized dent in the car door.（他在车门上留下了一个拇指大小的凹痕。）
11. He gave a thumbs-up sign to indicate his agreement.（他伸出拇指示意同意。）
12. She thumbed a ride to get home.（她搭便车回家。）
13. He thumbed his nose at authority.（他对权威表示不屑。）
14. He thumbed through the pages of the book without reading it.（他随意翻阅了这本书的页数，没有认真阅读。）
15. I only had time to give it a quick thumb through.（我只有时间随便翻了一下。）
16. She's got green thumbs and grows the most beautiful flowers.（她很擅长园艺，种出了最美丽的花。）
17. He has a thumbnail sketch of the plan.（他对计划有一个简略的概述。）
18. The picture was small, just a thumbnail.（这张图片很小，只是一个缩略图。）
19. She gave him a thumbs-up when he finished his speech.（他讲完演讲时，她向他竖起了大拇指。）
20. He thumbed his way across the country.（他翘着大拇指搭车横穿全国。）
21. She thumbed the pages of the magazine, looking for an article to read.（她翻阅着杂志的页数，找着一篇文章来读。）