thumb學測 L3KK [ˈθʌm] ｜ /ˈθʌm/
拇指·翻閱；快速瀏覽·伸拇指搭便車
兼具名詞動詞，學測常考字
He held out his thumb by the road, hoping a car would stop.
他站在路邊伸出拇指，希望有車子停下來。
一個畫面：拇指抓握外伸
抓握按壓拇指抵住其他四指，抓穩物品或按下按鈕
撥動書頁拇指抵著頁緣，快速翻動書頁
伸手攔車拇指翹起外伸，向路過車輛示意
義項
壓按拇指B2noun拇指
She used her thumb to press the button and start the machine.
她用拇指按下按鈕，啟動了機器。
press a button with your thumbhurt your thumb
翻閱書頁B2verb翻閱；快速瀏覽
I thumbed through the magazine to find something to read.
我快速翻閱雜誌，想找點東西來看。
thumb through a magazinethumb through the pages
伸指攔車B2verb伸拇指搭便車
After missing his bus, Bob had to thumb a ride to get to the concert on time.
錯過公車後，Bob只好伸拇指搭便車，準時趕到演唱會。
thumb a ridestick out your thumb
片語
thumbs up翹指比讚 →比讚表示同意
thumbs down拇指朝下 →比噓表示不同意
thumb through撥頁翻書 →快速翻閱書刊
thumb a ride伸指攔車 →伸拇指搭便車
你會不會這樣說？
I ___ through the magazine every night before bed. (thumb / thumbs)
看答案
thumb
主詞是 I，動詞用原形 thumb，不加 s。
「Bob had to thumb a ride to get to the concert.」這裡的 thumb 最接近哪個意思？(A) 拇指 (B) 翻閱書頁 (C) 搭便車
看答案
(C)
此句描述伸出拇指請求便車，對應「搭便車」的動詞義項。
字族
thumbnail 縮圖；拇指甲・thumbtack 圖釘