1.
TheRe was a simple, special elegance in the way she stood with heR thumbs in the pockets of a tailored plum-velvet coat.
她站在那儿,大拇指插在定制的紫黑色绒上衣的口袋里,有一股单纯、特别的帅劲儿。
2.
He was sitting all over a small rocking chair, twiddling his thumbs and smiling, with his feet on the fender.
他整个身躯坐到摇椅上,边捻弄著手指边微笑,双脚搁在炉围上。
3.
I've seen other peoples' thumbs fly over the tiny keys, but I have large hands, and I never got the hang of it.
我看到其他人的拇指在小小的按键跳动,但我手很大,而且我从没得到过它的窍门。
4.
Last week I walked in one, and a few people came up to me and gave me a thumbs up or patted me on the shoulder.
上礼拜我就走进那么一个,有些人围过来,对我竖大拇哥或者拍拍我的肩膀。
5.
We say that we are "all thumbs" , meaning that our fingers seem to be too clumsy for the work.
我们常说自己“笨手笨脚”,意思是说我们的手指太笨拙,干不了某件工作。
6.
And they were all communicating, and giving me the thumbs-up and saying you know we are going to get through this, we are going to recover.
他们都是交流,给我竖起大拇指,说你知道我们要去度过这,我们将恢复。
7.
She finds a secretary's job very boring-some days there's almost no work for her at all, and she just sits there twiddling her thumbs.
她觉得当秘书很乏味――有时几乎无事可做,因此只是坐在那里抚弄大拇指玩。
8.
She put her thumbs into her ears, wagged her fingers, crossed her eyes and made a loud farting sound with her tongue.
她将两个拇指塞入耳朵,煽着手指,斗起双眼,用舌头打出一个响屁样的声音。
9.
She was holding a teaspoon in her two hands, pressing her thumbs against it as if measuring her strength against the base metal.
她双手拿着一个茶匙,用拇指使劲按着它,好象同这块普通金属较量力气似的。
10.
On the day of the execution, he sat down on the electric chair, gave a thumbs-up and said: "I'm ready. "
行刑那天,他坐在电椅上,竖起大拇指,说道:“我准备好了。”