cross one's fingers

短语

交叉手指

发音

其它

词形变化

crossed one's fingers crosses one's fingers 三单 crosses one's fingers crossing one's fingers crossing one's fingers 现在分词 crossed one's fingers 过去式 crossed one's fingers 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To put the middle finger across the index finger, especially

    交叉手指

    She was seen crossing her fingers in the wedding photo.

  2. 2.

    To put the middle finger across the index finger, especially:

    when wishing for luck, or

    祈祷

    祈求好运

    I hope everything turns out OK. I'll cross my fingers for you. / I'll cross my fingers that everything turns out OK.

  3. 3.

    To put the middle finger across the index finger, especially:

    when telling a lie (and attempting to escape the moral and other consequence of that lie).

    说一个善意的谎言

词源

* As a gesture of good luck, from the Christian notion of inconspicuously making a sign of the cross as an invocation to God. * As a gesture of lying, probably from the Schwurhand, a gesture used in some European countries when taking an oath. The right hand is raised with the index and middle fingers extended upwards (somewhat similarly to a V sign but with the thumb on the side). By crossing the two fingers, the oath is thus symbolically broken.

来源：wiktionary