n.拇指
v.翻閱;示意要求搭車(chē)
Don't suck your thumb; it's so dirty. 別舔手指頭,太臟了。
He caught his thumb in the door. 他的拇指讓門(mén)夾了。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)He thumbed through the address book looking for the number. 他翻閱地址簿,尋找號(hào)碼。
They managed to thumb a lift to Paris. 她們?cè)O(shè)法搭便車(chē)到達(dá)巴黎。
If we miss the last train we can always thumb a lift home. 如果我們趕不上末班火車(chē),我們總可搭便車(chē)回家。