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thumb /θʌm/► SEE ALLthumb your nose at sb/sthunder sb’s thumbgreen fingersthumb/hitch a lifta rule of thumbstand/stick out like a sore thumb
●thumb your ˈnose at sb/sthshow that you have no respect for sb/sth, sometimes by making a rude sign with your thumb on the end of your nose 对…嗤之以鼻（或不屑一顾）◆A photograph shows one of the crowd thumbing his nose at the speaker.
有张照片上显示一位听众对讲演人做出不屑一顾的动作。●under sb’s ˈthumb (informal) completely controlled or influenced by another person 完全受某人的摆布；深受某人影响◆Now that they’re married, she’s completely under his thumb and never sees her old friends.
他们结婚以后，她就完全受他摆布，再也没见她的那些老朋友。●ˌgreen ˈfingers (BrE) (NAmE a ˌgreen ˈthumb) if you have green fingers, you are good at making plants grow 精通园艺◆I do envy you your green fingers. Your garden always looks so beautiful.我很羡慕你，你真是个园艺高手，你的花园看上去总是这么漂亮。●thumb/hitch a ˈliftstand by the side of the road with your thumb out because you want a driver to stop and take you somewhere 伸出拇指要求搭便车◆We tried to hitch a lift, but nobody stopped to pick us up.我们试图搭便车，但是没人停下来载我们。●a rule of ˈthumba quick, practical, but not exact, way of measuring or calculating sth 快速实用的估算方法；根据经验进行的粗算◆As a rule of thumb you need a litre of paint to every 12 square metres of wall.根据经验粗算一下，每 12 平方米墙面需要一升涂料。 ORIGIN This phrase may come from the fact that people often used their thumbs to estimate measurements. 这个习语源于过去用拇指估测的做法。●stand/stick out like a sore ˈthumb (informal) be very obvious or noticeable in an unpleasant way 显得别扭；扎眼◆He’s going to stick out like a sore thumb if he doesn’t wear a suit to the wedding.如果他参加婚礼不穿西服，那可太惹眼了。 OPP merge into the background |