| 释义 |
unˈhand, v.
[un-2 4 b.]
trans. To take the hand off; to release from one's grasp; to let go. Chiefly arch. in the imperative phrase unhand me!
1602Shakes. Ham. i. iv. 84 Vnhand me Gentlemen: By Heau'n, Ile make a Ghost of him that lets me. 1655tr. Sorel's Com. Hist. Francion vii. 22, I desire them to unhand me. 1687A. Behn Lucky Chance v, Unhand me, false deceiver, let me loose! 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) II. 358 Unhand me this moment, or I will cry out for help. 1801M. Edgeworth Moral T., Angelina iv, Unhand my Angelina, or I shall die! 1860Sala Baddington Peerage I. vii. 132 The surgeon unhanded his assistant, looking at him with a vexed and puzzled air.
fig.1880Lanier Sunrise 77 'Tis here thou canst unhand thy heart And breathe it free. |