单词 | in a person's hand |
释义 | > as lemmasin a person's hand (c) in a person's hand (also in hand): (with reference to the leading or control of a person or animal) by the hand, with a lead, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > in control or charge [phrase] > under one's control at the liberty ofc1425 in a person's handc1430 in hand1999 c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) Prol. l. 145 And saw hym come..& in his hond a quene. c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) lxxix Ech in his stage, and his make in his hand. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. vii. [vi.] 47 Panthus..in his hand also Harling him eftir his litle nevo, Cummis. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 126 at Dogge-draw A Hound that hee leadeth in his hand. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 21 Trot him about in your Hand a good while: Then offer to Mount. 1783 C. Burney Jrnl. in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 305 I charged him to bring his sister in his hand. 1796 E. Parsons Myst. Warning II. 237 Bringing your friend in your hand. 1831 M. M. Sherwood Roxobel I. iv. 65 Mrs. Strickland came forward, with the little lady in her hand. 1895 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 458 I saw him gang doon the street wi' the wee boy in his hand. 1922 M. Johnston 1492 xii. 77 One evening at vesper bell comes our Admiral..to Priory gate with a young boy in his hand. 1999 R.Michalko Two-in-one ii. 36 With the dog in hand, he moves ‘as if’ he had the natural gift of sight. < as lemmas |
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