词组 | thumb through |
释义 | Idiom thumb throughthumb through (something) to quickly look at a pile of papers or the pages of a magazine or book.Quinn thumbed through his messages until he found the slip with Ritter's phone number on it.Bella had to wait for Jill so she passed the time thumbing through magazines. Phr V thumb through thumbs, thumbing, thumbed thumb through sth to turn the pages of a book or magazine, looking at them quickly or reading small parts of themI thumbed through the report on my way in to work on the train. thumb through sth to turn the pages of a book, magazine etc, but not read it carefully: She sat in the dentist's waiting room thumbing through an old copy of Vogue magazine.■ SIMILAR TO: glance through, flick through BrE, leaf through thumb through (something)To casually peruse or look at the pages in a book, magazine, or other reading material without much attention or scrutiny. I thumbed through the sports section while waiting at the doctor's office, but I was too nervous to pay attention to it. I thumbed through your proposal, and even at first glance I can tell you that it won't be approved by the board. thumb through somethingand leaf through somethingto look through a book, magazine, or newspaper, without reading it carefully. I've only thumbed through this book, but it looks very interesting. I leafed through a magazine while waiting to see the doctor. thumb throughv. To go through some reading material quickly or superficially, turning from page to page with or as if with the thumb: I thumbed through the directory for my dentist's phone number. |
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