单词 | backhanded |
释义 | back·hand·ed (băkhăn′dĭd) adj. 1. Sports Made with or using a backhand: a backhanded shot into the opponent's court. 2. Oblique or roundabout: "Maybe [avant-garde novels'] frustrating lack of plot is a backhanded tribute to plots" (Harvey Cox). 3. Having derogatory or insulting implications: "Everyone...said how wonderful, how glamorous she looked, but even that was a sort of backhanded compliment, with the unspoken addendum, for your age" (Freda Warrington). backhand′ed·ly adv. backhand′ed·ness n. |
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