翘起拇指请求搭乘(过路汽车),示意请求搭便车(thumb的现在分词形式);
He kept thumbing through the book until he found the right page.
他不停地翻书,直到找到那页.
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.
I went out onto the road to start thumbing.
我走到公路上,竖起拇指要求搭车.
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.
Thumbing the book, he found a maple leaf in it.
他匆匆翻了一下书, 找到一片枫叶.
Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image.
伸手搭便车曾经给人以轻松随意的形象。
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