I recall the thumb as being quite short, and this Zeta has a long thumb.

我印象中的拇指很短，而这个齐塔人拇指很长。

youdao

Time and again, Mr. Heaney returns to the image of the pen. He began his long career writing of such a pen, nestling snug as a gun between finger and thumb.

希尼先生一次又一次回到了“笔”这个意象中。他开始了他漫长的写作生涯，这支笔就像一支枪，舒适地依偎在他的手指和拇指之间。

youdao

At long intervals, he drew his thumb along the edge of his knife, and nodded his head with satisfaction.

每隔很长一段时间，他就用大拇指摸摸刀刃，满意地点点头。

youdao

You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

Researchers said the key to optimising a keyboard for two thumbs was to minimise long typing sequences that only involved a single thumb.

BBC: KALQ thumb-type keyboard takes on Qwerty

Had you not been under the thumb of Saddam Hussein for so long and the victim of terror for so long, you would not need this help.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

The crucial difference is that Mr Kohl was already a long-serving chairman of his party, and had it under his thumb, when he became chancellor.

ECONOMIST: Schr?der thumped