| 单词 | hand-tight |
| 释义 | > as lemmashand-tight hand-tight adj. that is (only) as tight or taut as can be achieved by hand (cf. finger-tight adv. and adj. at finger n. Compounds 2a); (also) so tight as to make removal by hand difficult. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [adjective] > relating to tension hand-tight1794 tensile1841 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] fastOE sickera1400 branded1535 holdfast1567 firm1600 defixed1652 tight1687 anchored1789 well-reeved1812 hardfast1878 hand-tight1881 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 167 Hand-tight. A moderate degree of tension on a rope, as to make it straight. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §443. 194 This tongue should fit the groove somewhat tightly indeed in the manner called by joiners ‘hand tight’ meaning so tight that it cannot readily be pulled out with the hand. 1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) viii. 376/3 Connect the corrugated pipes to the tap tails, leaving them hand-tight only. < as lemmas |
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