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• Can you thread this needle for me ? i am all fingers and thumbs today .
  你能替我穿针吗？今天我手脚不灵。
• The pages had been thumbed into a state of extremely dirty softness .
  纸张被手指翻动得污垢不堪、又烂又软。
• Strangers talked to each other, laughed, and pointed thumbs up .
  不相识的人互相交谈，有说有笑，还翘起大拇指。
• He made no other movement, but stood with his thumbs in his belt .
  他没有别的动作，只是把大拇指插在腰带里站着。
• He thumbed through a big, black book, full of names, hunting for jordache .
  他翻阅着一大本黑色名册，找乔达虚这个姓。
• Wearing a sports coat at the formal dance, he stuck out like a sore thumb .
  穿着一件运动衣到正式的舞会，他很惹人注目。
• Presidential commission turned down thumbs on early retirement for controllers .
  总统的一个专门委员会反对管制员提前退休。
• As a rule of thumb , you should cook a chicken for 20 minutes for each pound that it weighs .
  凭经验估计，每磅鸡肉应烹调20分钟。
• He watched in amazement while his thumbs rolled over and over on his lap .
  当他的两只大拇指在膝盖上不停地转动时，他呆头呆脑地注视着。
• Roger was holding the man again with his thumbs pressing in on the inside of his elbows .
  罗杰再次把那人抓住，还是用拇指按住那人肘弯内侧。