Mic drop refers to the action of deliberately¹ dropping or tossing aside one's microphone at the end of a performance or speech one considers to have been particularly impressive, but it's more likely to be figurative - or an exclamation² to emphasize a particularly impressive point.

“扔麦克风”是指在表演或演讲结束之际故意地摔掉或扔掉麦克风的举动，以此来引人瞩目。但这多是具有象征意义的，或是为了强调某一令人称奇的观点而表达的惊叹。

 

The mic drop has been employed by rappers and comedians³ since the 1980s, and it's grown steadily⁴ in popularity since 2007, but it's only in the last year or so that it's become a meme throughout American culture. And no single person has been associated with the mic drop more frequently than the US president Barack Obama.

上世纪80年代以来，说唱歌手和喜剧演员就会“扔麦克风”，这种行为自2007年开始越来越流行，但只在过去一年左右的时间里，它才成为美国文化的弥因。没什么人会比美国总统奥巴马更频繁的被与“扔麦克风”联系在一起的了。

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