| 释义 | thumb a ridephraseUSinformal(UKthumb a lift)
 to stand near the edge of a road and hold out your hand with the thumb raised as a signal for a vehicle to stop and take you somewhere:
 thumb a ride toWe thumbed a ride to Las Vegas.
 Three or four cars drove past and each time I tried to thumb a ride.
 I've never thumbed a ride myself but I know a few people who have.
 I thumbed a ride to the nearest town.
 We thumbed a ride to Portland.
 After my car broke down, I tried to thumb a ride into town but got nowhere.
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 thumbverb
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