| 释义 |
high-five, n. slang (orig. U.S. Basketball).|haɪˈfaɪv|
Also unhyphened and as two words.
[f. high a. + five a. and n. B. 3 b.]
A gesture of celebration or greeting in which two people slap each other's palms, usu. with their arms extended over their heads. Freq. in phrases to lay (down) high-fives, slap high fives. Also in fig. contexts.
1980Maclean's Mag. 20 Oct. 48 They used to slap palms (‘Gimme five, man’), but what they do now is reach high and bang hands up there (‘The high five, man’). 1981N.Y. Times 17 Sept. b16/1 The entire St. Louis bench rose and smothered the player who had scored with highfives and head slaps usually reserved for someone who had homered. 1984New Yorker 24 Dec. 31/1 Yule high-fives to lay upon Folks like Akeem Olajuwon, Cyndi Lauper, [etc.]. 1986Daily News (N.Y.) 23 May 17/1 Women prisoners at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility will slap high fives in the prison yard. 1988First Base Autumn 44/1 We suddenly see a variety of hand-shakes at home plate—the High-Five, the Low-Five, the Double High-Five and the Bash.
Hence high-five v. trans., to greet (a person) in this way; also with it and absol.
1981Washington Post 12 June d2/1 The first Phil out of the dugout after the Maddox mash was Rose, jumping and high-fiving it, hair flapping, a 40-year-old acting 14. 1982Ibid. 3 Jan. l7 He spent more than an hour on his back in the training room while his teammates high-fived and hugged. 1982Sports Illustr. 27 Sept. 49/1 Purdue Coach Leon Burtnett high-fived every black jersey in sight after the Boilermakers took a 10–7 lead late in the first half. 1990Maclean's Mag. 2 Apr. 11/2 A month has passed since the election and still Republicans and Democrats are high-fiving. |