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1·She was thumbing the dictionary.

她在翻字典。

2·It is a thumbing of the nose at hegemony.

而是对霸权的蔑视。

3·I was thumbing through a magazine when she walked in.

她走进来的时候我正在翻阅一本杂志。

4·I was thumbing through a magazine when a secretary came in.

我正在翻阅一本杂志，秘书走了进来。

5·Get out those old picture albums and start thumbing through them.

找出老照片并且开始翻阅。

6·What will Americans be thumbing the sh! ! out of when that happens?

当这一刻来临时，美国人还举他丫的大拇指赞啥？

7·A man in the corner of the room was thumbing out a tune on an old piano.

在房间的角落，一个男人正在旧钢琴上用力地弹奏曲子。

8·Brenda sat in the doctor's office thumbing through a magazine while she waited.

布伦达坐在医生办公室等候时，随手翻开了一本杂志。

9·Thumbing through the pages of my fantasies, pushing all the mercy down, down, down.

翻看我的幻想书页，抛开所有怜悯。

10·The suspect was thumbing through the telephone directory when one policeman detained him.

这个嫌疑犯正在翻弄电话簿的时候，被警察拘捕了。

(1)rule of thumb经验法则

(1)thumbs downvt. 拇指向下；责备

(1)green thumb有特殊园艺才能

(1)rules of thumb经验法则；拇指规则

(1)tom thumbn. 大拇指汤姆（英民间故事中只有拇指大的主人公）

(1)under the thumb被控制