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单词 thumb down
释义

thumb down

English

Verb

thumb down (third-person singular simple present thumbs down, present participle thumbing down, simple past and past participle thumbed down)

  1. to get (a passing vehicle) to stop and give one a ride, signalling to the driver by holding out one's thumb (as a hitchhiker)
    I was stranded in the middle of nowhere, but luckily I managed to thumb down a passing car.
    • 1969, Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster (lyrics and music), “Me and Bobby McGee”:
      Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained / It rode us all the way to New Orleans'
  2. to disapprove or reject

See also

  • thumb a lift
  • thumb a ride
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