- 1n/ˈviː saɪn/victory/peace signV 字手勢（勝利／和平）
A hand sign made by holding up the first two fingers in a V shape, with the front of your hand facing forwards. In World War II it stood for victory, and from the 1960s and 1970s used it to mean peace.
這個手勢有兩個重點。一個是比出兩根手指。另一個是手心朝哪一邊。這個意思裡，手心是朝外的，對著看你的人。這是友善的那一種。二次大戰時它代表 victory，也就是勝利。到了六〇、七〇年代，嬉皮再拿它來代表 peace，也就是和平。今天大家拍照時比的也是同一個手勢。要注意用字習慣：美式英文裡，很多人直接叫它 peace sign。講 peace sign 比講 V-sign 更常聽到。
示範例句 · Example
Our history teacher showed us a photo of people in the street giving V-signs the day the war ended.
中文翻譯我們的歷史老師給我們看了一張照片，是戰爭結束那天街上的人們在比 V 字手勢。
Two things make this sign what it is: the two fingers, and which way the hand faces. Here the palm points out, towards the person looking at you. That is the friendly version. It was a victory sign during the Second World War, then it was picked up again in the 1960s and 1970s and used to mean peace, and people still make it in photographs today. In American English many speakers simply call it the peace sign, and you will hear that name more often than V-sign.
常見搭配
give a V-sign
比出 V 字手勢
to make this sign towards someone
She gave a V-sign to the camera as she crossed the line.
hold up / make a V-sign
舉起手比 V
to raise your two fingers in this shape
Everyone in the back row held up a V-sign.
with the palm facing out
手心朝外
with the front of your hand towards the other person
Make sure the palm is facing out when you do it.
意思相近
peace signvictory signV for victory
- 2n/ˈviː saɪn/rude two-finger sign (British)（英式）比中指式的無禮手勢
口語In British English, a rude hand sign that shows you are angry with someone or do not like them: the same two fingers held up, but with the back of your hand facing the person you are insulting.
手指一樣是兩根，差別在手轉了過來。手背朝著對方，在英國就是一個侮辱人的手勢。意思接近中文說的「比中指」。程度不輕，有人因此被電視台切掉畫面，球員對觀眾比也可能被罰錢。這個用法主要在英國和一些講英式英文的地方。對學習者來說，重點是「看得懂」而不是拿來用。之所以要知道，是因為它跟友善的那個手勢只差在手腕轉一下。
The fingers are the same; the hand is turned round. With the back of the hand towards the other person, this is an insult in Britain and in some other places where British English is spoken. It is rude enough that people are taken off television for it and players can be fined for showing it to a crowd. A learner most often meets it as something to recognise rather than use, and it matters mainly because the friendly palm-out sign is only a wrist-turn away.
常見搭配
give someone a V-sign
對某人比那個不雅手勢
to make this rude sign at someone
He gave the other driver a V-sign and drove on.
with the back of your hand facing out
手背朝外
with the back of your hand towards the other person
With the back of your hand facing out, it means something very different.
意思相近
two fingersthe fingers
意思相反
thumbs up