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thumb-sucker

/thuhm-suhk-er/US // ˈθʌmˌsʌk ər //

吮指,拇指吸盘,吮吸拇指的人,大拇指吸盘

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who habitually sucks a thumb.

Examples

  • And considering his massive music-industry thumb print, that “you oughta know” Jack Antonoff is an understatement.

  • Pete stuck his thumb out at the age of 17 and hitch hiked out of Birmingham, England.

  • The Flip-a-District project is a clown-gloved thumb on the scale.

  • In the meantime, certain rules of thumb about drone use are self-evident.

  • He had only one tooth, and he ate by using his thumb as a second incisor.

  • Many persons impede their execution by not keeping the thumb independent enough of the rest of the hand.

  • Willis introduced into his organs pneumatic thumb-pistons about the year 1851.

  • He held the pin delicately between finger and thumb, and controlled her with his roguish eyes.

  • He turned pages with a moistened thumb, took a pencil out of his pocket, passed both to the passengers of the roadster.

  • And he jerked his thumb towards the tower where mademoiselle was a captive, and where at night "Battista" was locked in with her.