词汇 | air-quotes |
释义 | air quotes noun[ plural ] uk /ˈeə ˌkwəʊts/ us /ˈer ˌkwoʊts/ imaginary quotation marks that you make in the air with your fingers, to show that you are using a word or phrase in an unusual way or repeating exactly what someone has said说话者用手指在空气中划出的引号(用以表示自己正以不寻常的方式使用某词或某短语,或表示自己在重复他人的话) Gestures & gesturing air punch bat beckon bird blow someone a kissphrase body language flip flip someone off flip/give someone the birdidiom flourish gesticulate non-verbal non-verbally peace sign pump someone's handidiom shake shrug signing tongue wink Examples of air quotesair quotes Brauer would make regular use of airquotes to emphasize every point he made. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While the term airquotes did not appear until 1989, use of similar gestures has been recorded as early as 1927. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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