英语词汇high five的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

high five. High-fiving is a celebratory gesture where two par- ticipants raise their hands over their heads and slap each other’s hands. The high five is often seen after a good play in sports, and indeed, University of Louisville basketball players Wiley Brown, Daryl Cleveland, and Derek Smith claimed to have in- vented it in 1979 during preseason practice as an odd, attention- getting gesture of triumph. However, hand slapping is also a way of greeting, especially among African-Americans. The New Dictionary of American Slang (1986) says the high five is “Chiefly used by and adopted from athletes, who themselves adopted the style from black colleagues.” See bump.

词汇	high five
词源	high five. High-fiving is a celebratory gesture where two par- ticipants raise their hands over their heads and slap each other’s hands. The high five is often seen after a good play in sports, and indeed, University of Louisville basketball players Wiley Brown, Daryl Cleveland, and Derek Smith claimed to have in- vented it in 1979 during preseason practice as an odd, attention- getting gesture of triumph. However, hand slapping is also a way of greeting, especially among African-Americans. The New Dictionary of American Slang (1986) says the high five is “Chiefly used by and adopted from athletes, who themselves adopted the style from black colleagues.” See bump.
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