英语词汇“to stick two fingers up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

y. to stick (also put, flick, etc.) two fingers up (at): to make the V-sign (V-sign n. 2b) as a gesture of contempt, animosity, or defiance. Cf. Phrases 4t(a)(iii). Frequently figurative.

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1963 E. Walpole in Rifle Brigade Chron. 64 It would have been pleasant to put two fingers up in a rude sign, but risky.

1964 F. M. Henry Air Gunner 71 It had been nearly a month since I last stuck two fingers up at the enemy ground defences.

1980 Financial Times 7 Nov. 1/6 The Government is clearly putting two fingers up to the public sector.

1989 M. Clark Great Divide i. 23 You know boys going up to a female teacher and sticking two fingers up at her.

1998 Touch July 96/1 Leeds proudly sticks two fingers up at the style gurus.

2012 A. R. Forte Spirits of Lesser God 10 What really made you completely lose your cool is when the motorbike rider stuck two fingers up at you, gave you the Old Agincourt salute.

单词	to stick two fingers up
释义	> as lemmas to stick (also put, flick, etc.) two fingers up (at) y. to stick (also put, flick, etc.) two fingers up (at): to make the V-sign (V-sign n. 2b) as a gesture of contempt, animosity, or defiance. Cf. Phrases 4t(a)(iii). Frequently figurative. ΚΠ 1963 E. Walpole in Rifle Brigade Chron. 64 It would have been pleasant to put two fingers up in a rude sign, but risky. 1964 F. M. Henry Air Gunner 71 It had been nearly a month since I last stuck two fingers up at the enemy ground defences. 1980 Financial Times 7 Nov. 1/6 The Government is clearly putting two fingers up to the public sector. 1989 M. Clark Great Divide i. 23 You know boys going up to a female teacher and sticking two fingers up at her. 1998 Touch July 96/1 Leeds proudly sticks two fingers up at the style gurus. 2012 A. R. Forte Spirits of Lesser God 10 What really made you completely lose your cool is when the motorbike rider stuck two fingers up at you, gave you the Old Agincourt salute. extracted from fingern. < as lemmas
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