air quotes
plural noun
- informal a pair of quotation marks gestured by a speaker's fingers in the air, to indicate that what is being said is ironic or mocking, or is not a turn of phrase the speaker would typically employ〈非正式〉手势引号(用手指做出的引号动作, 表示所说的话是反话或仅仅是玩笑或所用的词语并非为自己所常用)。