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单词 bethumb
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bethumbv.

/bɪˈθʌm/
Etymology: < be- prefix 1 + thumb v.
To take hold of or mark with the thumbs.
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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or feel with the thumb
thumba1626
bethumb1657
1657 H. Crouch Welsh Traveller 19 The bread and butter so bethums.
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 64 Bethumbing and bequoting their beauties into triteness and commonplace.

Derivatives

beˈthumbed adj.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > by thumb-marks
well-thumbed1728
thumbeda1800
bethumbed1839
thumby1900
thumb-stained1934
1839 E. A. Poe William Wilson in Gift 1840 (Philadelphia) 233 Much-bethumbed books.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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