thumbs1
be all 'thumbs(alsobe all ,fingers and 'thumbs)
be unable to hold sth without dropping or damaging it; be clumsy 笨手笨脚；笨拙:
He’s all thumbs when it comes to fixing machines. 要说到修机器，他可真是笨手笨脚。
(give sb/sth/get) the thumbs 'up/'down
used to show that sth has been accepted/rejected or that it is/is not a success 翘拇指﹙表示接受或取得成功﹚；拇指向下﹙表示拒绝或不成功﹚:
I asked him whether I could borrow the car, and he gave me the thumbs up. 我问他可不可以借他的车，他说没问题。
I’m afraid it’s thumbs down for your new proposal—the boss doesn’t like it. 我想你的新提案恐怕没戏——老板不喜欢。
We’ve got the thumbs up for the new swimming pool. 我们要求建一个新游泳池的提议得到了批准。
ORIGIN In contests in ancient Rome the public put their thumbs up if they wanted a gladiator to live, and down if they wanted him to be killed. 在古罗马时期的角斗赛中，观众竖起拇指表示不要处死某一角斗士，反之则拇指向下。
twiddle your thumbs 另见twiddle
thumbs
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thumb
/θʌm/
(thumbing, thumbed,thumbs)
1. 可数名词 Your hand has four fingers and one thumb. 大拇指
- She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me. 她咬着左手的大拇指头，也不看我。
2. 及物动词 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. (站在公路边) 竖起大拇指请求 (搭便车)
- It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to San Antonio. 可能让你感兴趣的是，有个和罗里描述相符的男孩竖起大拇指请求搭便车到圣安东尼奥。
3. 习语 If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them. 在…的控制下; 深受…的影响
- I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb. 我无法向你形容，当我看到母亲完全在父亲的控制之下时我有多么痛苦。
4. green fingers →see green
5. rule of thumb →see rule
/θʌm/
(thumbing, thumbed,thumbs)
1. 可数名词 Your hand has four fingers and one thumb. 大拇指
- She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me. 她咬着左手的大拇指头，也不看我。
2. 及物动词 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. (站在公路边) 竖起大拇指请求 (搭便车)
- It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to San Antonio. 可能让你感兴趣的是，有个和罗里描述相符的男孩竖起大拇指请求搭便车到圣安东尼奥。
3. 习语 If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them. 在…的控制下; 深受…的影响
- I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb. 我无法向你形容，当我看到母亲完全在父亲的控制之下时我有多么痛苦。
4. green fingers →see green
5. rule of thumb →see rule
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