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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++thumb·nail1 /ˈθʌmneɪl/ adjective thumbnail sketch/portrait DESCRIBEa short description that gives only the main facts about a person, thing, or event 简略的描述 a thumbnail sketch of recent political events in America 对美国最近政治事件的简略描述thumbnail2 noun [countable] 1. HBHthe nail on your thumb 拇指甲2 a small picture of a document on a computer screen, showing you what it will look like when you print it 〔计算机屏幕上显示的〕缩略图 Click on the thumbnails to view a larger version of each image. 点击缩略图，可以看到每个图像的大图。
Examples from the Corpus
thumbnail• Nestling between the two spools was a tiny plastic packet, smaller than a thumbnail.• The Blackfeet let each thumbnail grow long, until it crooked like a claw.• Almost immediately her thumbnail found another groove opposite; she pulled, and the star came out about a centimetre.• He'd given up woodwork, having driven a splinter through his thumbnail.• He opened a book with his thumbnail, as if afraid of dirtying his fingers.• He displayed a swollen, bruised digit and a mangled thumbnail.• It takes more than 400 pages of the manual to show thumbnails of them all.thumb·nail1 adjectivethumbnail2 nounChineseSyllable
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thumbnail
thumb‧nail1 /ˈθʌmneɪl/ 
adjective
thumbnail sketch/portrait a short description that gives only the main facts about a person, thing, or event:
a thumbnail sketch of recent political events in America
thumbnail2 noun [countable]
1. the nail on your thumb
2. a small picture of a document on a computer screen, showing you what it will look like when you print it:
Click on the thumbnails to view a larger version of each image.
| I |
adjectivethumbnail sketch/portrait a short description that gives only the main facts about a person, thing, or event:
| II |
noun [countable]1. the nail on your thumb
2. a small picture of a document on a computer screen, showing you what it will look like when you print it: