under one's thumb 的 2 个定义
- the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- the corresponding digit in other animals; pollex.
- the part of a glove or mitten for containing this digit.
- Architecture. an ovolo or echinus molding.
- to soil or wear with the thumbs in handling, as the pages of a book.
- to glance through quickly.
- to play with or as with the thumbs.
- to solicit or get by pointing the thumb in the desired direction of travel.
under one's thumb 近义词
等同于 oppressed
等同于 subservient
under one's thumb 的近义词 27 个
- deferential
- inferior
- submissive
- a slave to
- abject
- acquiescent
- at one's beck and call
- at one's mercy
- bootlicking
- cowering
- cringing
- dancing
- docile
- fawning
- ignoble
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- mean
- menial
- obeisant
- obsequious
- resigned
- servile
- slavish
- subject
- sycophantic
under one's thumb 的反义词 6 个
等同于 henpecked
under one's thumb 的近义词 21 个
等同于 downtrodden
under one's thumb 的近义词 25 个
- destitute
- distressed
- exploited
- needy
- oppressed
- persecuted
- a slave to
- abject
- at one's beck and call
- at one's feet
- at one's mercy
- have-not
- helpless
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- led by the nose
- mistreated
- overcome
- subjugated
- subservient
- suppressed
- tyrannized
- underdog
- underfoot
under one's thumb 的反义词 5 个
由under one's thumb构成的短语
- thumb a ride
- thumb one's nose
- thumbs up
- all thumbs
- green thumb
- rule of thumb
- stick out (like a sore thumb)
- twiddle one's thumbs
- under someone's thumb
更多under one's thumb例句
- It was possible to pinch your thumb and forefinger together for a button press or rub the two fingers together to spin a dial.
- Six feet is a good rule of thumb for reducing the risk of getting infected, and there are ways to make sure people stay that far apart.
- Adding up all those costs, drawing on the latest research, the report comes up with with a total externalities cost of between $800 and $1,400 per tonne, with “at least $1,000” used as a reasonable rule of thumb.
- It differentiates between products and services and uses a binary thumbs up or down system like Facebook, rather than a point or star-ratings system like Google.
- Linking to your other blog posts from a relating one has become a rule of thumb in writing blog posts.
- 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.