thumby

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A little thumb; diminutive term for thumb. slang
形容词 adj.
  1. Clumsy, awkward, maladroit, not dextrous, all thumbs.
    — "Well, I don't tease anybody but the men. I don't tease father or mother or you,—but men are fair game; they are such thumby, blundering creatures, and we can confuse them so."
  2. Dirtied by thumb marks.
    — He would distinguish, too, between a library and a news-room, and would find no great attraction in the prospect of supplying the national youth with free but thumby copies of the sixpenny magazines.

词形变化

thumbies plural thumbier comparative thumbiest superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English thumb
English -y/-ie
English thumby
From thumb + -y/-ie (diminutive suffix).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English thumb
English -y
English thumby
From thumb + -y.
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