英语释义

• the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

• the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb

• a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse

• look through a book or other written material;

  "He thumbed through the report"

  "She leafed through the volume"

• feel or handle with the fingers;

  "finger the binding of the book"

• travel by getting free rides from motorists

片语

THUMB SCREWS拇指螺丝；姆指螺丝

MR Thumb姆指先生

under the thumb被控制

green thumb有特殊园艺才能

tom thumb大拇指汤姆（英民间故事中只有拇指大的主人公）

rule of thumb经验法则，拇指规则

rules of thumb经验法则；拇指规则

thumb drive指状储存器；拇指驱动器

thumb wheel拇指旋轮；拇指转动；拇指旋转控制器

Thumb safety手动保险

thumb lancet宽柳叶刀

thumb palm姆指缝隐藏法

thumb down贬低；拒绝

thumbs down拇指向下；责备

Tom Thumb大拇指汤姆（英民间故事中只有拇指大的主人公）

thumb through翻查，浏览

Thumb Drift拇指漂移

英汉例句

• then, in 1993, a woman with tattoos, again of mythical creatures on her shoulders, wrists and thumb and of similar date, was found in a tomb in altai.

  之后，1993年在阿尔泰山脉坟墓中发现的另一具相似历史的女性干尸，她的肩膀、手腕，以及拇指，同样也都有神秘生物的图案。

• 「the muscles manipulate the shaft of the motor like a finger and thumb would hold a pencil, 」 says dr anderson.

  安德森说：「这些肌肉操纵起电机的传动轴来就像我们用食指和拇指拿铅笔那样。」

• try it out next time you need to drive your car. cover your left nostril with your thumb and breathe only through your right nostril for one minute.

  下次开车时你就可以试试，用拇指压住左鼻孔只用右鼻孔呼吸一分钟，这样能够提高你驾驶的警觉性。

• then he wiped blood on his thumb away. the queen stood on the threshold, shocked.

  然后他擦掉拇指上的血迹，王后震惊的站在门槛上。

• on each deep breath switch between focussing on your thumb and the 10-20 feet object in front of you.

  在每次注视面前的拇指与10-20英尺远的物体之间转换时，都进行一次深呼吸。

• you can pick a no. 3 thumb from five possible options, say, and pair it with a no. 2 medial wrist and a no. 4 lateral wrist.

  比方说，你可以从五个可能的选项中选择一个3号大拇指，然后将其与2号内侧腕关节和4号外侧腕关节配对。

• 「central banks hate doing that because it puts them more under the thumb of the finance ministry, 」 he said.

  他说：「央行都不喜欢这样，因为这会使它们被更多地压制于财政部的大拇指之下。」

• stick your thumb or finger into its eye.

  把你的拇指或其他手指扎入它的眼睛里。

• i smashed my fingers with a hammer, and my father showed me how to pinch the nail with my thumb and forefinger, gently tapping its head until it stood upright by itself.

  我用锤子击伤了我的手指，父亲就告诉我应该怎样用我的拇指和食指来捏住钉子，轻轻敲打钉子的头部，直到钉子自己直了起来。

• it could be that some quirk of human anatomy — say, the way the wrist bones are configured or how the thumb is shaped — allows him to do that especially well.

  她猜想，这可能是因为人体解剖学上的一些突然弯曲，也就是说，手腕的骨头的配置，或拇指的形状，允许他完美地完成这样一系列的动作。

• when using chopsticks， one should place both sticks between the thumb and forefinger.

  使用筷子时，要把一双筷子夹在大拇指和食指之间。

• stephens, who began the study after striking his thumb with a hammer, found volunteers could tolerate more pain if they repeated swearwords rather than neutral words.

  他在被锤子弄伤拇指后开始这项研究，并发现一直说脏话的志愿者可以比不说脏话的志愿者忍受更多的疼痛。

• when he was only a six-year-old boy, an explosion all but destroyed his hands. though his left thumb could not be saved, after hours of painful surgery, his fingers were reattached.

  当他还是一个六岁男孩儿时，一次爆炸事故炸烂了他的双手，经过几个小时艰难的手术，虽然左手拇指没有保住，但其它的手指都重新接好了。

• i can wrap that thumb over my other fingers and then secure the grip at the bottom with my pinkie.

  我的拇指可以卷包在其他手指上，然后用我的小指顶住棍子的底部捉紧它。

• the rule of thumb in the field is that each recorded minute of interaction takes an hour to analyse.

  哪怕是仅一分钟有关的大拇指的伸缩规律的录像记录都要花费一小时去分析。

相似词

pollex(Pollex)人名；(德)波勒克斯

get成为；变得；到达

lift电梯；上下山缆车；后跟垫；举起；（价格）上涨；（音量）提高；剽窃；提升力；（板球）高飞；搭便车；起重机；鼓舞

hitch(Hitch) （美、英、加、澳、俄、法）希契（人名）

a一；任一；每一

hook(Hook)人名；(德、荷)霍克；(英)胡克

ride(Ride) （英、美、法）赖德（人名）

leaf叶子；（书籍等的）一张；扇页

browse浏览；吃草；嫩草，嫩叶

throughad 从一端到另一端；通过；从头至尾；通过； 直达；径直；（电话）接通着；彻底

over（板球）一轮投球

glance(Glance) （美、俄、澳）格兰斯（人名）

run经营；奔跑；运转

riffle迅速翻阅；起涟漪；洗牌

leaf叶子；（书籍等的）一张；扇页

相反词

finger伸出；用手指拨弄