| 英语单词 | handshake |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['hændʃeɪk] 美 ['hændʃeɪk] |
| 中文释义 | n.握手 |
| 英语例句 | (1) We clinched the agreement with a handshake. (2) The agreement was bound by a handshake. (3) A handshake is the seal of friendship. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我们握手达成协议。 (2) 以握手缔结契约。 (3) 握手是友谊的表示。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A handshake is the act of greeting someone by clasping their hand in yours and giving a brief, firm, up-and-down shake. It's fairly formal to greet another person with a handshake. |
| vocabulary扩展 | It's appropriate to use a handshake, usually with the right hand, when you're being introduced to someone or presenting yourself at a job interview, for example. You can also use a handshake to seal an agreement or deal with another person. Handshakes were used as far back as the 5th century BCE in ancient Greece, and some historians believe the handshake was initially meant as a gesture proving that neither person held a weapon. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:golden handshake ;握手 If you give someone a handshake, you take their right hand with your own right hand and hold it firmly or move it up and down, as a sign of greeting or to show that you have agreed about something such as a business deal.
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