thumb

親指

手のほかの指の横にある、短くて太い指。

やさしい英語で： The short, thick part of your hand beside your fingers.

• I hurt my thumb.
• The baby was sucking her thumb.
• Can you touch each finger with your thumb?

よく使う表現： left thumb, suck your thumb, thumb joint

サムネイル

画面上の小さな画像で、選ぶと大きな画像を見られる。

やさしい英語で： A small picture on a screen that you can select to see a larger version.

• Click the thumb to enlarge the picture.
• The gallery displays six thumbs per row.
• Each video has a thumb showing its opening scene.

類義語： thumbnail

よく使う表現： image thumb, click a thumb, photo thumb

つまみ

画面上で、値や位置を変えるためにドラッグする小さな部分。

やさしい英語で： The small part of an on-screen control that you drag to change a value or position.

• Drag the thumb to the right.
• The scrollbar thumb moved down the track.
• A larger thumb makes the slider easier to use.

よく使う表現： slider thumb, scrollbar thumb, drag the thumb

ぱらぱらめくる

本や雑誌のページをめくりながら、少しだけ読む。

やさしい英語で： To turn the pages of a book or magazine, reading only a little.

• She thumbed through a magazine.
• He was thumbing the pages of an old book.
• Can I thumb through your photo album?

使い方： thumb through something (I thumbed through the magazine while waiting.)

類義語： leaf through, browse

よく使う表現： thumb through something, thumb a magazine

ヒッチハイクする

道路脇で親指を出し、運転手に車に乗せてほしいと合図する。

やさしい英語で： To hold out part of your hand by a road to ask a driver for a ride.

• We thumbed a ride home.
• He thumbed down a truck near the bridge.
• She stood by the road, thumbing for a lift.

使い方： thumb a ride/lift (We thumbed a lift to the next town.); thumb down something (She thumbed down a passing van.)

よく使う表現： thumb a lift, thumb a ride, thumb down something

親指で触る

親指で何かに触れたり、押したり、覆ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To touch, press, or cover something with the short, thick part of your hand.

• He thumbed the button.
• She thumbed the smooth edge of the coin.
• The soldier thumbed the opening to keep it covered.

よく使う表現： thumb a button, thumb the edge

ヒッチハイクする

通りかかった車などに無料で乗せてもらい、移動する。

やさしい英語で： To travel by getting free rides in passing vehicles.

• We thumbed home after the festival.
• She thumbed across the country last summer.
• He was thumbing south when we met him.

使い方： thumb your way somewhere (They thumbed their way across the country.)

類義語： hitchhike, hitch

よく使う表現： thumb home, thumb across something, thumb your way