Question

英语高手进

It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. thumb through 是个词组吗？ thumb后面为什么要加 through ？

Answer 1

　　It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories.

　　翻译：很早以前我们就知道，当客户翻查厚厚的电话黄页时，叫AAA的出租车公司比叫Zodiac的公司更有优势。

　　thumb through 就是翻查，翻阅 thumb 表示用拇指翻动 through 是个介词 ， 用在书之前，表示通查全书。

　　请采纳，祝好！

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Answer 2

这是英语一考研真题里的阅读文章，这是一个词组，它的意思是翻阅，查阅，thumb是不及物动词，接名词需要加介词，thumb through their phone directories就是查阅他们的电话目录

Answer 3

   thumb through  是固定词组，意思是：v.翻查。

在例句中用作动词 (v.)

1. I had a browse through the books on her shelf.
   我浏览了一下她书架上的书。

2. I browsed through some magazines while I waited.
   我边等边浏览几本杂志。

Answer 4

thumb through 不是词组，through是通过的意思， 跟后面的their phone directories 一起，意思是：通过他们的电话簿

Answer 5

应该不是，thumb是竖起拇指打车意思，through是通过电话指导打车的意思。