| 单词 | thumbs-up |
| 释义 | thumbs-up[ thuhmz-uhp ] / ˈθʌmzˈʌp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR thumbs-up ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal.an act, instance, or gesture of assent, approval, or the like. Origin of thumbs-upFirst recorded in 1920–25 Words nearby thumbs-upthumbprint, thumbscrew, thumbs-down, thumbstall, thumb-sucker, thumbs-up, thumbtack, Thummim, thump, thumping, Thun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thumbs-upIdioms and Phrases with thumbs-upthumbs up An expression of approval or hopefulness, as in The town said thumbs up on building the elderly housing project. The antonym thumbs down indicates disapproval or rejection, as in Mother gave us thumbs down on serving beer at our party. Alluding to crowd signals used in Roman amphitheaters, these idioms were first recorded in English about 1600. In ancient times the meaning of the gestures was opposite that of today. Thumbs down indicated approval; thumbs up, rejection. Exactly when the reversal occurred is not known, but the present conventions were established by the early 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 thumbs-upthumbs up Expressions of approval and disapproval respectively: “The two critics disagreed about the movie; one gave it thumbs up, the other thumbs down.” In the gladiatorial contests of ancient Rome, a thumbs-up gesture from the crowd meant that the loser would live; thumbs down meant death. 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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