| 单词 | have on hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have on (also upon) hand(s) (i) Of a thing: in one's possession or keeping; (in later use also) available for use, at hand. Of work or business which one has to do: in one's charge or responsibility. †Of a person: in one's power (obsolete). to have on (also upon) hand(s): to have in one's possession; to have at one's disposal; to have the care or responsibility of; to have to deal with or dispose of; to have to do; to be engaged in. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [phrase] > in one's possession in handOE on (also upon) hand (also hands)OE in or within one's wones1390 OE Dispute between Bp. Æðelstan & Wulfstan (Sawyer 1460) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 164 Nu syndan þissa gewrita þreo, an on Wigernaceastre æt Sancta Marian þær þæt land toherð & oðer on Hereforda æt Sancte Æþelbrihte & þridde a mid þam þe þæt land on hande stande. OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) xliii. 67 Þærrihte forlæte æghwylc swa hwæt swa he on handa hæfde [a1225 Winteney swa hwæt swa heo on handa hæfð; L. quelibet fuerint in manibus]. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1127 Ealle þa ærcebiscopes & biscopes seidon þet hit wæs togeanes riht, & þet he ne mihte hafen twa abbotrices on hande. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 126 Al þat lond þat Eneas heore fader hefde on hond. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1651 (MED) Me þunch þat þu me gest an honde. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1542 Thou hast on honde such a game. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 37 Thes eleuen kyngis have more on hande than they ar ware off. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John 91 b It onely lyeth you vpon hande to fyght manfully. 1583 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 48 The wark is greit ye haue on hand. 1693 T. Paskell Abstr. of Let. 1 The Country is full of goods, Brass and Pewter lieth upon hand. 1746 Scots Mag. Apr. 180/1 It is said, that the company did not save one tenth part of all the valuable goods they had on hand. 1782 Royal Gaz. 8 May 1/2 (advt.) He has upon hands a few neat Gentlemen and Lady's Saddles, bridles, portmantuas, [etc.]. 1814 E. S. Barrett Heroine (ed. 2) I. iv. 61 We have other matters on hands. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. v. 470 If he possessed in India any money on loan or merchandize on hand. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. ix. 36 The abode..which had so evidently hung long on hand. 1861 Brit. Postal Guide 14 Every Postmaster is required to have on hand a sufficient stock of postage labels. 1936 E. A. Atkins & A. G. Walker Electr. Arc & Oxy-acetylene Welding (ed. 3) v. 49 It is a good plan always to have on hand a little pole-finding paper. 1942 J. Morley in Colonial Postscript (1992) ix. 133 I have still got one or two big matters on hand before I can go away. 1960 N. A. Harper in L. M. Monheim Gen. Anesthesia in Dental Pract. xviii. 358 It is important legally that the proper physical equipment be on hand. 2006 Prevention Jan. 105/2 Keep a few days' worth of food, water, and any necessary meds on hand for your pets. to have on (also upon) hand ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > affecting a person (of evil or harm) on (also upon) hand (also hands)OE OE Laws of Æðelred II (Corpus Cambr. 201) vii. a. vi. §2. 262 Mæssige man æghwilce dæge..ane mæssan sinderlice for ðare neode, þe us nu on handa stent, oð þæt hit betere wurðe. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 192 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 171 Ure eldre misduden; we habbeð uuele on honde. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 326 For evere he hath drede upon honde. ?a1425 (?c1350) Northern Passion (Rawl.) l. 1761 Fader, what harm es þe on hand? < as lemmas |
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