Ngón tay cái

Phần của găng tay bọc ngón tay cái

to be under somebody's thumb

bị ai khống chế

to bite one's thumb at somebody

lêu lêu chế nhạo ai

his fingers are all thumbs

nó vụng về hậu đậu

thumbs down

dấu ra hiệu từ chối (không tán thành)

thumbs up

dấu ra hiệu đồng ý (tán thành)

be all (fingers and) thumbs

rất lúng túng, rất vụng về (nhất là khi cầm, điều hành cái gì)

thumbs up/down

dấu hiệu tán thành/phản đối

Giở, lật (trang sách)

Làm bẩn, làm mòn (cuốn sách.. vì giở nhiều)

thumbing through the dictionary

giở qua các trang tự điển

a well-thumbed copy

một bản đã cũ mòn nhiều vì giở đi giở lại

to thumb the pages of a book

giở qua trang sách

Vận dụng vụng về, điều khiển vụng về

to thumb the piano

đánh pianô vụng về

to thumb one's nose at somebody/something

chế nhạo ai, miệt thị ai, lêu lêu ai

thumb a lift

vẫy xe đi nhờ

ngón tay cái

opposing muscle of thumb

cơ đối ngón tay cái

ngón cái

ốc tai hồng

thumb nut

đai ốc tai hồng

Technical pollex.

All thumbs. awkward, clumsy,maladroit, Colloq butter-fingered, ham-fisted, cack-handed: Iam all thumbs when it comes to threading needles.

Give(something) the thumbs down or turn thumbs down (on). disapprove(of), reject, rebuff, turn down: We turned thumbs down to theidea of a picnic.

Turn or give thumbs up (to). approve (of),accept, welcome, Colloq OK or okay: The boss gave thumbs up toour request for a Christmas party.

Under (one's) thumb. under(one's) control, wrapped (a)round (one's) little finger, in thepalm of (one's) hand, eating out of (one's hand), at (one's)beck and call: She has the directors under her thumb.

V.

Hitchhike, Colloq hitch, US hook a ride: They thumbedtheir way across the country.

Often, thumb through. leaf(through), flick or flip (through), riffle (through), skim(through), browse (through): I was thumbing through City Lifeand came across your picture, Bernard!

Thumb (one's) nose at.scoff at, deride, jeer at, mock, dismiss, scorn, flout, becontemptuous of, show contempt for, exhibit defiance for, bedefiant of, contemn, Brit cock a snook at: He has thumbed hisnose at authority all his life.

N.

A a short thick terminal projection on thehuman hand, set lower and apart from the other four andopposable to them. b a digit of other animals corresponding tothis.

Part of a glove etc. for a thumb.

V.

Tr. wear orsoil (pages etc.) with a thumb (a well-thumbed book).

Intr.turn over pages with or as with a thumb (thumbed through thedirectory).

Tr. request or obtain (a lift in a passingvehicle) by signalling with a raised thumb.

Tr. use the thumbin a gesture.

V.tr. provide (abook etc.) with these. thumb one's nose = cock a snook (seeSNOOK(1)). thumb-nut a nut shaped for turning with the thumband forefinger. thumbs down an indication of rejection orfailure. thumbs up an indication of satisfaction or approval.under a person's thumb completely dominated by a person.

Thumbed adj. (also in comb.). thumbless adj. [OE thuma f. aWG root = swell]