| 单词 | dead hand |
| 释义 | dead hand n. 1. The ever-present, oppressive influence of past events: "Psychotherapy explores the ways in which the past has shaped people, and how its dead hand continues to deform their lives" (James S. Gordon). 2. Mortmain. [Middle English dede hond, translation of Old French mortemain or Medieval Latin manus mortua, mortmain.] |
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