donkey earsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

donkey ears pl (複数形 only)

1. A hand gesture made by placing the thumbs above each ear and waving the index fingers in unison; used to express derision.

   This was a frustrating year for us, anyway, and we were losing to the Tigers, 13-0, in the sixth inning when Aaron Robinson popped one into short left. I dropped the fly, they began to boo; and when I came in I gave them the donkey ears, which hardly seemed adequate.

   My Turn at Bat

   The Story of My Life

   by Ted Williams, As Told to John Underwood, p. 116