| 单词 | big hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbig hand big hand n. chiefly colloquial the long hand on a clock or watch that indicates the minutes; = minute hand n. at minute n.1 Compounds 1; cf. small hand n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of > hand(s) pinOE hand1563 teller1574 index1594 finger1603 palm1629 hour-hand1669 minute hand1720 index-hand1742 second-hand1760 moment-hand1766 little hand1829 big hand1849 set-hands1884 sweep hand1948 sweep second1948 1849 T. Miller in A. Smith Gavarni in London 43 His eye is on the great black clock..; and he knows to a second where the big hand ought to point..when he has dined, and when he has lighted his pipe. 1919 Irish Monthly Nov. 610 I saw the time, the big hand is at three and the little hand at five. 2000 Sunday Times 23 July (Business section) 6/8 The big hand shows five minutes have elapsed. < as lemmas |
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