英语词汇cock a snook的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cock a snook
词源	cock a snook. A British expression, with some U.S. currency, for defiantly thumbing one’s nose at somebody. Precisely it means to place the thumb on the nose and spread out the fin- gers (which is why it is also called “Queen Anne’s fan”). Snook is of unknown origin.
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