five-by-five

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A performance in which a player accumulates five points in each of five statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks) in a single game.
  2. Someone whose body is roughly shaped like a square; a short and fat person. figuratively,slang
    — "Yeah? No stuff? You, a date? Wad yuh know. What is she, a five-by-five?"
形容词 adj.
  1. Loud and clear. idiomatic,informal,not-comparable
    — "Hon, are you getting good data from us?" "Five-by-five." "Any sign of hostiles?" "Nope." "Can I get a few more syllables from you?"
  2. Fine; OK. idiomatic,informal,not-comparable

词形变化

five by five alternative five-by-fives plural five by five alternative

词源

From radio communications phrase dating from the 1950s. The first five referred to a rating of signal clarity, the other to reception strength. See Signal strength and readability report on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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