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N-COUNT
(大)拇指
Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.
例句
She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.
她咬著左手的拇指尖，眼睛也不看我。
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N-COUNT
(手套的)拇指部分
The thumb of a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.
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VERB
(站在路邊，伸出手，拇指向上)請求搭便車，攔車
If you thumb a lift or thumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.
例句
It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth...
你或許會對這個消息感興趣，有個和羅里描述的一模一樣的小男孩搭便車到了霍斯。
Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image.
伸手搭便車曾經給人以輕松隨意的形象。
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PHRASE
扎眼;礙眼
If you say that someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb or stands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.
例句
Does the new housing stick out like a sore thumb or blend into its surroundings?...
這個新住宅區是顯得有點扎眼，還是和環境融為一體？
In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
歐洲人到了日本會極為惹眼。
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PHRASE
無所事事;閑著無聊
If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
例句
The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling...
想到將要無所事事，他就非常害怕。
The Government cannot expect graduates to twiddle their thumbs on the dole.
政府不愿意看到畢業生領著救濟金卻什么也不干。
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PHRASE
在…控制下;深受…影響
If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
例句
I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb...
看見我母親完完全全受我父親的控制，我心里別提有多難受。
She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
她把雷切爾牢牢地抓在手心里。