3到5字的英文名（你知道五根手指头的英文名分别是什么吗）

很多朋友都知道手指叫做finger，但你知道大拇指、食指、中指、无名指、小拇指的英语分别是什么吗？

这一期，我们就来说说和“手指头”相关的英语。

大拇指 thumb

【例句】：

She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.

她咬着左手的大拇指头，也不看我。

短语进阶：

thumbs up 认同/点赞

eg:

If you like our video, please give us a thumbs up !

如果你喜欢我们的影片，请不吝惜帮我们点个赞！

thumbs down 反对

eg:

The plan to build a hotel on the site has been given the thumbs down by the Department of Environment.

环保局拒绝通过在这个景点上盖饭店的计划。

be all thumbs 笨拙的

eg:

My mother writes beautiful calligraphy, but I'm all thumbs — I can barely hold the pen!

我妈妈的书法写得很好，但我完全笨手笨脚，甚至连笔都拿不好。

under someone's thumb 完全被某人掌控

eg:

He has been under the thumb of his father for many years.

他活在他的父亲的掌控之下好几年。

食指 forefinger / index finger / pointer finger

【例句】：

The police officer was a handsome, elegantly dressed man with a diamond ring on his forefinger.

那位警官是一位帅气、打扮优雅的男人，食指上戴着一只钻戒。

中指 middle finger

eg:

Wind the dangling floss around the middle finger of the other hand.

将这段悬挂着的牙线卷在另外一只手的中指上。

短语进阶：

giving someone the (middle) finger 对某人比中指

eg:

Giving someone the middle finger is regarded as an insult in Western culture.

西方文化中对他人比中指被视为一种侮辱。

无名指 ring finger

通常婚戒戴在无名指上，所以称为ring finger。

eg:

Female index and ring fingers tend to be about the same length.

女性的食指与无名指的长度往往是大致相同长度的。

小拇指 little finger / pinky

eg:

It's smaller than your pinky, but it plays an absolutely essential role in learning and memory.

它没有小拇指大，但是在学习和记忆中却发挥着绝对重要的作用。

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