thumbs-upとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

thumbs-up (third-person singular simple present thumbs-ups, present participle thumbs-upping, simple past and past participle thumbs-upped)

1. (transitive) To approve with a thumbs-up sign.

   Antonym: thumbs-down

   • 2015, Anne Wagener, Borrow-A-Bridesmaid‎:

     He stood outside the dressing room and thumbs-upped or thumbs-downed each choice.

語源

Said to refer to the signal of approval or disapproval used by spectators at a Roman amphitheatre, but the directions have been reversed, and the Roman gesture was a bent thumb.

名詞

thumbs up (plural thumbs up)

1. A gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist.

   He smiled and gave a big thumbs up.

2. An approval or okay.

   We got the thumbs-up to go ahead with the project.

反意語

• thumbs down

参考

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