“剪刀手”在美国文化中的含义_时事

“剪刀手”在美国文化中的含义

The palm-forward "V" sign, formed by raising and spreading the first two fingers, has three different meanings in American culture.

掌心向外, 竖起食指和中指, 并向两边展开, 这样就构成了一个V形手势。V形手势在美国文化中有三个不同的含义。

The most popular meaning of the "V" sign was invented in 1941 by a Belgian, Victor De Lavalaye. Wanting a symbol for resistance to the Nazi occupation, he came up with the single letter "V", which stood not only for his own first name, but also for English victory, Flemish virijheid, and French victoire. The symbolism of the sign spread very quickly, and Winston Churchill used it constantly in public appearance. Thus throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the gesture meant simply "victory".

V形手势最为普遍的一个意思是在1941年由比利时人维克托· 德· 拉维雷创造发明的。他用V形手势来表示他对纳粹占领比利时的反抗。这个V 不仅代表他的姓氏, 而且还象征英语中的victory ( 胜利) 、佛兰芒语virijheid( 胜利) 和法语victoire ( 胜利) 这三个单词。这一手势的象征意义迅速地传播开来, 温斯顿· 邱吉尔在公众场合就曾多次使用。因此, 在20世纪40年代和50 年代, 这个手势只是表示“ 胜利”的意思。

The second meaning came in the 1960s. Because of its military implication, American antiwar protestors used the sign sarcastically against the arms, so that it became known as the "peace sign". In the 1970s, the "V" sign, which had lost its military implication, was a common greeting among freedom lovers, acid heads, political radicals, and ultimately, young people in general. So by about the middle of the 1970s, it ceased to give clue to the user's philosophy.