| 单词 | green thumb |
| 释义 | green thumbSEE SYNONYMS FOR green thumb ON THESAURUS.COM nounan exceptional aptitude for gardening or for growing plants successfully: Houseplants provide much pleasure for the city dweller with a green thumb. Origin of green thumbFirst recorded in 1940–45 OTHER WORDS FROM green thumbgreen-thumbed, adjectivegreen-thumber, nounWords nearby green thumbgreen sulfur bacteria, greensward, green tax, green tea, greenth, green thumb, green turtle, green vegetable, Greenville, green vitriol, greenwash Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for green thumbgreen thumb nounUS and Canadian considerable talent or ability to grow plantsAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): green fingers Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with green thumbgreen thumb A knack for making plants grow well, as in Just look at Louise's plants—she really has a green thumb. This term presumably alludes to the stained fingers of an avid gardener. [First half of 1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for green thumbgreen thumb A knack for growing plants and keeping them healthy: “All my houseplants are in sorry shape; it's clear I don't have a green thumb.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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