| 单词 | pair of hands |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspair of hands b. In various metonymic phrases (sometimes colloquial or humorous) denoting a person or thing (thought of as) possessing a pair of the objects stated, as pair of hands, etc.pair of oars: see oar n. 3a. a safe pair of hands: see hand n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] man1381 workera1382 labourerc1400 piner1497 pair of hands1598 operator1611 operatist1651 operative1809 operant1831 ouvrier1845 scissorbill1910 rehire1927 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Trasti della barca... Used also in Venice for the highest or chiefe place in a gondola, as we saie the cushions in a paire of oares. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i. at Fenchmonth Which fee, for a paire of Wheeles is foure pence, and for Paniers two pence. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 592 Her enemies brought ten hundred thousand paire of hands to pull downe the wals of Ierusalem. 1844 T. B. Macaulay Earl of Chatham in Ess. (1887) 817 At every levee, appeared eighteen or twenty pair of lawn sleeves. 1966 Times 7 Sept. 2/3 (advt.) I am looking for a woman as an extra pair of hands to work in attractive Belgravia flat. 1993 Idaho Falls Post Reg. (Nexis) 17 May a1 The new bikes and about 25 older bikes..will give employees almost 70 pairs of wheels to scoot around from job to job. < as lemmas |
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