| 单词 | on all hands |
| 释义 | > as lemmason all hands (also on every hand) (d) on all hands (also on every hand): on all sides, in all directions, to or from all quarters. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > everywhere > on all sides on all sidesc1275 on all handsc1540 on every handc1540 right and left1822 left and right1824 right, left, and centre1852 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. v. xvi. f. lxxxxii The romane empyre was persewit sa on euery hand, that he mycht skarsly defend France. 1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 117 Complaining on al handes of our protestant Bishoppes & Cleargy. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 105 They are oppressed on all hands. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 87 The grace of heauen, Before, behinde thee, and on euery hand, Enwheele thee round. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Dij 'Tis agreed on all hands, that he writes even below Ogilby. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 28 I have heard it on all hands. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. viii. vii. 66 The shameful servility of some, the immoral life of others, the bigotry of almost all, repelled him on every hand. 1893 Law Times 95 227/2 It is admitted on all hands. 1925 Amer. Mercury Mar. 333/2 Rappers appeared on all hands, and soon an improvement was made in England by the discovery of table-tipping. 1990 G. Gilder Life after Television (1992) i. 33 Contrary to the rich and variegated promise of new technology proliferating options on every hand, TV squeezes the consciousness of an entire nation. < as lemmas |
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