elbow bump

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɛlbəʊ ˈbʌmp/    美 /ˌɛlboʊ ˈbʌmp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hit to the elbow; also, an injury to the elbow caused by such a hit.
  2. A hit or jab made with the elbow.
  3. The touching of elbows between two people, sometimes as an alternative to a handshake, fist bump, or other form of contact when attempting to avoid the spread of germs.
    — To the pantheon of social arbiters who came up with the firm handshake, the formal bow and the air kiss, get ready to add a new fashion god: the World Health Organization, chief advocate of the "elbow bump." […] The bump, a simple touching of elbows, is a substitute for the filthy practice of shaking hands, in which a person who has politely sneezed into a palm then passes a virus to other hands, whose owners then put a finger in an eye or a pen in a mouth.

词形变化

elbow bumps plural

词汇关系

相关词
bump elbows rub elbows

词源

From elbow + bump, modelled on fist bump.
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