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现代人普遍认为大拇指朝上和朝下的手势决定了罗马角斗士的生死,这也是今天翘拇指手势的起源,而事实并非如此。攥拳、竖起大拇指,在英语里称为thumbs-up(翘拇指),虽然是复数,事实上大多数人做这个动作只用一只手。这个手势的含义很丰富,英国民俗学家德斯蒙德·莫里斯(Desmond Morris)在世界上40个地方所做的1200份调查显示,有738份问卷认为这个手势的含义是OK、顶刮刮、好哇,有40份认为它表示一个,认为是性侮辱的有36份,认为是搭便车的有30份,认为表示向上的方向的有14份,有24份认
It is generally accepted by modern people that gestures of thumbs up and down determine the life and death of Roman gladiators. This is also the origin of today’s thumbs-up gesture, which is not the case. Clenched fists, thumbs-up, in English, thumbs-up (thumbs-up), although in fact complex, in fact most people do this with only one hand. The gesture is rich in meaning. Desmond Morris, a British folklorist, surveys 1200 people in 40 places in the world. There are 738 questionnaires that the meaning of this gesture is OK. Top Scratch Scratch, well, wow, 40 think it shows one, consider 36 as sexual insults, 30 think free throws, 14 think upward, 24 recognize