| 单词 | at hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat hand (a) at hand. extracted from handn. (i) Within easy reach; near; close by. Sometimes preceded by close, hard, near, nigh, ready, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > near or accessible at handeOE to handOE at one's fingertips (also fingers' tips)1861 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) ii. viii. 122 Þa þæt þa Lilla geseah.., næfde he scyld æt honda [L. ad manum], þæt he þone cyning mid scyldan meahte. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 459 For þe kyng hadde nouȝt elles at honde [L. ad manum] to ȝeve hem, he took þe mes þat was i-sette to fore hym. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15709 He es cummand negh at hand þe tresun has puruaid. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 81 (MED) Artaxenses is at hand & has ane ost reryd. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. l. 354 Vith that douglas com rycht at hand. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras xiv. 18 The trueth is fled farre awaye, & lesynge is hard at hande. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xlviv Their enemies wer euer at hande. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. vi. 32 Meane space word was brought that Agesilaus was very neere at hand. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 674 Satan was now at hand . View more context for this quotation 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xii. 208 With your Flat Chissel or Gouge, (or what is nearest at hand) knock softly. 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. ix [A] tub, ready at hand with a clear lee. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 19. ⁋15 Forced to produce not what was best but what happened to be at hand. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives VI. 39 They set fire to those parts that were at hand by brands and torches; and to the remoter parts by shooting flaming arrows. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge x. 292 Have you a messenger at hand? 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 324 The monks were always mindful to establish themselves where there was water close at hand. 1939 ‘N. Shute’ Ordeal ii. 63 One or two more salvoes fell, not very near at hand, toward the centre of the city. 1970 W. J. Burley To kill Cat ix. 152 He was startled by a woman's voice from close at hand. 2005 Delicious Nov. 82/1 For this ‘Japan in a bowl’, grated radish, extra seaweed, a nip of wasabi and a bottle of Kikkoman should all be at hand as you eat. (ii) Near in time; on the point of happening; imminent. Sometimes preceded by near, nigh, etc. Formerly also †at hands (obsolete).† to fall at hand: to be imminent, to be near at hand (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > imminent, near, or at hand towardc890 comingOE at handc1175 hendc1175 hendc1175 short?a1400 likec1425 near present?c1450 hangingc1503 instant?1520 neara1522 approachinga1525 imminent1528 provenient1554 threatened1567 near-threateninga1586 eminent1587 impendenta1592 sudden1597 ensuing1603 dependenta1616 pending1642 incumbent1646 early1655 fast-approaching1671 impendinga1686 incoming1753 pendent1805 proximatea1831 simmering1843 pending1850 invenient1854 looming1855 forthcoming1859 near-term1929 upcoming1959 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [verb (intransitive)] > be imminent comeOE nigha1225 to draw nearc1330 approachc1374 drawa1375 to stand ina1382 to stand ona1382 instand1382 to draw ona1450 proacha1450 to draw nigha1470 to fall at handa1535 to hang by (on, upon) a threada1538 instant1541 to prick fast upon1565 impend1674 simmer1703 depend1710 loom1827 to knock about1866 to come up1909 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16147 Himm þinnkeþþ þatt hiss herrte shall. Tobresstenn neh att hanndess. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14206 If he mai slepe hele es at hand. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Thess. ii. f. cclxxiiv As though the daye of Christ were at honde. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. sig. A.i Great perils appeare here to fall at hande. 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Cii Knowing hir time of deliuery to be neare at hande. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Tim. iv. 6 The time of my departure is at hand . View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 34 The end of both his Voyage and life were neer at hand. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 41 The Diet at Frankfort is at Hand. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 23 Others, whose time of transformation is also near at hand, fasten their tails to a tree, or to the first worm-hole they meet, in a beam. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 87 The hallow'd hour was near at hand. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 433 Further great changes were at hand. 1905 E. M. Forster Where Angels fear to Tread v. 124 Fortunately the school prize-giving was at hand. 2001 Independent 9 May i. 11/1 Liberation is at hand for the most downtrodden members of Germany's working classes. (iii) With reference to the sleeve of a garment: at the wrist. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [adverb] > wrist at handc1400 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 218 (MED) Pyȝt watz poyned & vche a hemme At honde, at sydez, at ouerture, Wyth whyte perle. 1607 S. Rowlands Democritus sig. B2v His sleeues at hand button'd with two good pins. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3256/4 The Coat buttoned close at Hand. 1748 J. Ames Catal. Eng. Heads 104 Long Garment, with ermined Furs at Hand and Collar. 1837 G. Home Mem. of Aristocrat i. 14 My father appeared in a new rig out, with ruffles at hand and breast. 1913 Dry Goods Reporter 6 Sept. 38/2 Full length sleeves have preference. Many are in the dropped shoulder design, gathered into a cuff with puff of chiffon or lace at hand. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > at the beginning [phrase] at firstc1300 at (also in) the first bruntc1450 at the first chop1528 at hand1558 at the first jump1577 at starting1674 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person) hotOE wooda1250 hastivec1300 irous1303 hastya1350 angrya1387 melancholiousa1393 quicka1400 irefulc1400 melancholyc1450 turnec1480 iracundiousa1492 passionatea1500 fumish1523 irascible1530 wrothful1535 fierya1540 warm1547 choleric1556 hot at hand1558 waspish1566 incensive1570 bilious1571 splenative1593 hot-livered1599 short1599 spitfire1600 warm-tempered1605 temperless1614 sulphurous1616 angryable1662 huffy1680 hastish1749 peppery1778 quick-tempered1792 inflammable1800 hair-triggered1806 gingery1807 spunky1809 iracund1821 irascid1823 wrathy1828 frenzy1859 gunpowdery1868 gunpowderous1870 tempersome1875 exacerbescent1889 tempery1905 lightningy1906 temperish1925 short-fused1979 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. sig. E.ivv Here anon from Priams blood comth Pyrrhus hote at hand. 1613 R. Dallington Aphorismes Ciuill & Militarie v. v. 297 Rashnesse..is hot at hand, but tireth at length. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 23 Hollow men, like Horses hot at hand, Make gallant shew..But when they should endure the bloody Spurre..Sinke in the Triall. View more context for this quotation 1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 125 Some mens affection spends itselfe with its violence, hot at hand, cold at length. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiv. 297 Rebellion though running so at hand is quickly tyred..Loyalty is best at a long course. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 223 Many..though hot at hand, yet quickly abate of their Speed. 1722 J. P. tr. Velleius Paterculus Rom. Hist. ii. lxxiii. 163 Impetuous, and hot at Hand [L. manu promptus], of a quick and ready thought. 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iv. 137 Thou railest at me for being somewhat hot at hand, and rather too prompt to out with poniard or so. 1990 L. Kinsale Prince of Midnight xxi. 392 Your brother was as hot at hand as ever I saw a man. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [phrase] > at close quarters hand to hand?a1400 at hand1565 to meet at hard edge1591 close quarters1809 at grips1857 corps à corps1890 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adverb] > in single combat or duel hand to hand?a1400 hand of handc1425 hand by hand?a1439 hand for hand1490 hand unto handc1540 with hand to hand1548 at hand1565 pell-mell1579 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Cominus Pugnare cominus cum hoste, to fight at hande, or hande to hande with his enemie. a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 97 When they were come up and at hands with the enemy. 1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 749 They fought with them at hand, and afar off. 1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. xiii. v. 321 They who fought at Hand, threw their Launces one at another. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 75 A Lion fostered vp at hand . View more context for this quotation 1650 R. Heath Occas. Poems 18 in Clarastella Your dog I grant was better bred, Brought up at hand; and better fed Then taught. 1732 in E. Spenser Calendarium Pastorale (new ed.) 249 (Gloss.) Cosset, a House-lamb, brought up at Hand. < as lemmas |
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