thumbing

英 [ˈθʌmɪŋ]

美 [ˈθʌmɪŋ]

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的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (大)拇指
  Yourthumbis the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.
  1. 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。
• (手套的)拇指部分
  Thethumbof a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.
• VERB (站在路边，伸出手，拇指向上)请求搭便车，拦车
  If youthumba lift orthumba ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.
  1. 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。
  2. Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image.
     伸手搭便车曾经给人以轻松随意的形象。
• See also:well-thumbed
• PHRASE 扎眼;碍眼
  If you say that someone or somethingsticks out like a sore thumborstands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.
  1. 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？
  2. In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
     欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。
• PHRASE 无所事事;闲着无聊
  If you say that someone istwiddlingtheirthumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 在…控制下;深受…影响
  If you areundersomeone'sthumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
  1. 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。
  2. She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
     她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
• green thumb→ see:green

双语例句

• Dave Morin is methodically thumbing the chain links on his silver bracelet as he parses the difficulties of designing products for mobile devices.
  大卫•莫林一边分析为移动设备设计产品的难处，一边有条不紊的摆弄着自己银手镯上的链子。
• A man in the corner of the room was thumbing out a tune on an old piano.
  在房间的角落，一个男人正在旧钢琴上用力地弹奏曲子。
• This new breed of bourgeois often develops an identity crisis thumbing their nose to Sanlitun and the "foreigners" who fill the bars, clubs and restaurants.
  这帮新兴资产阶级们自命不凡，对三里屯的那些酒吧、夜店和餐厅嗤之以鼻，在他们眼里，去那些地方消费的‘‘同胞’’们俗不可耐。
• Brenda sat in the doctor's office thumbing through a magazine while she waited.
  布伦达坐在医生办公室等候时，随手翻开了一本杂志。
• Navigating through content-rich pages," thumbing "from one Web site to another and back again will cease to be such a tedious exercise.
  浏览网页上的丰富内容，在不同网站之间自由切换不用费吹灰之力。
• I was thumbing through a magazine when a secretary came in.
  我正在翻阅一本杂志，秘书走了进来。
• I went out onto the road to start thumbing.
  我走到公路上，竖起拇指要求搭车。
• I was thumbing through an old magazine when a secretary came in to say that Mr Smith was ready to see me.
  我正在翻阅一本旧杂志，一位秘书进来说史密斯先生等着见我。
• The suspect was thumbing through the telephone directory when one policeman detained him.
  这个嫌疑犯正在翻弄电话簿的时候，被警察拘捕了。
• His heart was thumbing as he approached the door.
  当他快靠近门口的时候，心怦怦地跳得厉害。