| 单词 | at hands |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat hands (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. at hands 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. < as lemmas |
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