英语词汇“to cross one's fingers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) to cross one's fingers: to hook one finger over another (typically the middle finger over the first finger), esp. to do this as a sign supposed to bring or continue good luck; (hence figurative) to hope for success, good fortune, etc. Also: (originally North American) to make this sign in a children's game to call a ‘truce’ or gain impunity from being ‘tagged’ (cf. pax n.¹ 5); (hence) to make this gesture (supposedly) to obtain impunity when lying, making an insincere promise, etc. (also figurative).Frequently in phrases with crossed as past participle, as to have one's fingers crossed, to keep one's fingers crossed, with fingers crossed, etc.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [verb (intransitive)]

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to have one's fingers crossed1895

1723 A. de la Mottraye Trav. I. xii. 256 The Patriarch of Constantinople..having bless'd the People, bowing and crossing his Fingers, so as to form the Characters IC XP.

1773 D. Henry Hist. Acct. Voy. Eng. Navigators IV. 18 These they concluded were what the Portuguese sailor had imagined to be crosses, from the Indian having crossed his fingers when he was describing the town.

1889 Lawrence (Kansas) Evening Trib. 18 July If you can ‘cross the hump’ of a hunchback with fingers crossed you will have good luck.

1895 N. Y. Times 13 Sept. ‘Tag, your [sic] it,’ said Tommy. ‘No I ain't,’ said Mamie, ‘'Cause I had my fingers crossed before you came around’.

1905 Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) 14 Nov. 3/4 You promised at the altar, dear, to honor and obey;..‘I know I did,’ the wife replied, ‘but I will not be bossed—And at the altar, anyway, I had my fingers crossed.’

1915 Times 21 Oct. 8/1 He always has his fingers crossed. He hopes that some day he may get a shot at something more warlike than a merchant steamer.

1929 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily News 12 June The premier had signed the treaties with his fingers crossed.

1945 Penguin New Writing 23 16 We'll..duck when we hear a mortar, and keep our fingers crossed.

1994 Times (Nexis) 17 May When the promises were given there was a rush to cross fingers with hands behind backs.

2003 C. Lewis Dict. Playground Slang 167 Players cross fingers and yell ‘pax’ to make them safe from being tagged.

2010 Times (Nexis) 9 June 6 They went into Helmand with their eyes shut and fingers crossed.

单词	to cross one's fingers
释义	> as lemmas to cross one's fingers (a) to cross one's fingers: to hook one finger over another (typically the middle finger over the first finger), esp. to do this as a sign supposed to bring or continue good luck; (hence figurative) to hope for success, good fortune, etc. Also: (originally North American) to make this sign in a children's game to call a ‘truce’ or gain impunity from being ‘tagged’ (cf. pax n.¹ 5); (hence) to make this gesture (supposedly) to obtain impunity when lying, making an insincere promise, etc. (also figurative).Frequently in phrases with crossed as past participle, as to have one's fingers crossed, to keep one's fingers crossed, with fingers crossed, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [verb (intransitive)] hightOE hope971 tristc1200 dreama1393 set1607 to have one's fingers crossed1895 1723 A. de la Mottraye Trav. I. xii. 256 The Patriarch of Constantinople..having bless'd the People, bowing and crossing his Fingers, so as to form the Characters IC XP. 1773 D. Henry Hist. Acct. Voy. Eng. Navigators IV. 18 These they concluded were what the Portuguese sailor had imagined to be crosses, from the Indian having crossed his fingers when he was describing the town. 1889 Lawrence (Kansas) Evening Trib. 18 July If you can ‘cross the hump’ of a hunchback with fingers crossed you will have good luck. 1895 N. Y. Times 13 Sept. ‘Tag, your [sic] it,’ said Tommy. ‘No I ain't,’ said Mamie, ‘'Cause I had my fingers crossed before you came around’. 1905 Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) 14 Nov. 3/4 You promised at the altar, dear, to honor and obey;..‘I know I did,’ the wife replied, ‘but I will not be bossed—And at the altar, anyway, I had my fingers crossed.’ 1915 Times 21 Oct. 8/1 He always has his fingers crossed. He hopes that some day he may get a shot at something more warlike than a merchant steamer. 1929 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily News 12 June The premier had signed the treaties with his fingers crossed. 1945 Penguin New Writing 23 16 We'll..duck when we hear a mortar, and keep our fingers crossed. 1994 Times (Nexis) 17 May When the promises were given there was a rush to cross fingers with hands behind backs. 2003 C. Lewis Dict. Playground Slang 167 Players cross fingers and yell ‘pax’ to make them safe from being tagged. 2010 Times (Nexis) 9 June 6 They went into Helmand with their eyes shut and fingers crossed. extracted from fingern. < as lemmas
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