| 释义 |
thumber N. Amer. colloq.|ˈθʌmə(r)|
[f. thumb v. 5, 6 + -er1.]
One who ‘thumbs’ a lift, a hitch-hiker.
1935Even. Sun (Baltimore) 8 Feb. 39/8 Chief of Police..has turned ‘thumbs down’ on the ‘thumbers’. 1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 29 June 31/5 For the hitch-hiker, Canada's roads hold little but terror and horrors, say many thumbers from Toronto. |