jazz hands
noun [ plural ] uk/ˈdʒæz ˌhændz/ us/ˈdʒæz ˌhændz/
(舞蹈时或音乐剧中的)爵士手
the action of holding your hands up with palms (= inner surfaces) showing and waving them, in a style used in some types of dancing and in musical theatre shows
They stick on fixed smiles and do tap-dances and jazz hands. 他们保持固定的微笑,跳踢踏舞,做爵士手。
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- As camera flashbulbs popped they mimed disco moves and did jazz hands.
- She shimmies, then makes jazz hands, as if life is but a musical.
- He plays a dancer who tries desperately to upstage the others with jazz hands and flings of the hat.
- The music course was really great. There was no dancing or anything like that. No jazz hands.