中英词典查询

thumbing

vi. 翘起拇指请求搭乘（过路汽车），示意请求搭便车（thumb的现在分词形式）;

例句:

  • Plenty of that nose thumbing was mere gimmickry and gambolling.
    来自NEWYORKER
  • He had the drawer open and was thumbing through the files.
    他打开抽屉，翻看着档案。
  • Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image.
    伸手搭便车曾经给人以轻松随意的形象。
  • I went out onto the road to start thumbing.
    我走到公路上,竖起拇指要求搭车.
  • If we're so strong, why are they thumbing their nose at us?
    来自NEWYORKER
  • For Missourians, the issue is: Iran is thumbing its nose at us.
    来自NEWYORKER