英语词汇“to have at one's fingers' ends”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. at one's fingers' (also finger) ends: nearby, close at hand; readily available or accessible; at one's disposal; (hence) within one's range of skills or knowledge. Frequently in to have at (also †on) one's fingers' (also finger) ends.

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the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > conveniently near

at one's fingers' (also finger) ends1528

bain?a1700

within (one's) grasp1703

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > be or become familiar with [phrase]

at one's fingers' (also finger) ends1528

to get the hang of1845

to know one's onions1908

to know (something) inside out1921

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. h vi^v They shulde se at their fyngers endes The abhominacions of these fendes With the abusion of pilgremage.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. 36 What euerye man perfectly knewe, he had alwayes readie with him at his fyngers endes.

?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xl. 159 He maye be the better aquaynted wyth them, and haue them on his fyngers endes.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. ii. sig. Aaa.vi^v/1 I..know at my fingars endes, what kinde of men..are in this citie.

1616 B. Rich My Ladies Looking Glasse 51 His greatest dexteritie is in the managing his Tobacco pipes: and he hath the gulpe, the whiffe, and the snuffe very exactly and at his fingers ends.

1662 J. Greenhalgh in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 14 Their Service-books..they have at their fingers' end.

1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. 43 In translating out of, and into those Lingua's they had at their Fingers ends.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋5 Names which a Man of his Learning has at his Fingers-Ends.

1776 Farmer's Mag. Oct. 269 I cannot bear their excuses and put-offs which they always have at their fingers' ends.

1790 Monthly Rev. Jan. 38 Homer and Virgil, in their original language, were (to use a popular figure) as much at his fingers' ends as the keys of his harpsichord.

1812 Monthly Rev. 67 143 With the revenues of a nation at his fingers-ends, he was still unamusable.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. ii. 404 All manner of Military Histories, we perceive, are at his finger-ends.

1896 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. May 663 He was supposed to have the higher mathematics at his finger ends and the devil in his body.

1918 A. Tilley Dawn French Renaissance viii. 274 As a jurist he naturally has Cicero at his fingers' ends, but he is hardly less familiar with technical writers, such as Celsus, Columella, and Vitruvius.

1988 Mod. Lang. Rev. 83 166 Professor Weinstein is undoubtedly a shrewd reader and has all his texts at his fingers' ends.

2015 Austral. Mag. (Nexis) 23 May 26 The man who has to depend on his own skill, strength and nerve must have the craft at his finger-ends.

单词	to have at one's fingers' ends
释义	> as lemmas to have at (also †on) one's fingers' (also finger) ends a. at one's fingers' (also finger) ends: nearby, close at hand; readily available or accessible; at one's disposal; (hence) within one's range of skills or knowledge. Frequently in to have at (also †on) one's fingers' (also finger) ends. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > conveniently near at one's fingers' (also finger) ends1528 bain?a1700 within (one's) grasp1703 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > be or become familiar with [phrase] at one's fingers' (also finger) ends1528 to get the hang of1845 to know one's onions1908 to know (something) inside out1921 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. h vi^v They shulde se at their fyngers endes The abhominacions of these fendes With the abusion of pilgremage. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. 36 What euerye man perfectly knewe, he had alwayes readie with him at his fyngers endes. ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xl. 159 He maye be the better aquaynted wyth them, and haue them on his fyngers endes. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. ii. sig. Aaa.vi^v/1 I..know at my fingars endes, what kinde of men..are in this citie. 1616 B. Rich My Ladies Looking Glasse 51 His greatest dexteritie is in the managing his Tobacco pipes: and he hath the gulpe, the whiffe, and the snuffe very exactly and at his fingers ends. 1662 J. Greenhalgh in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 14 Their Service-books..they have at their fingers' end. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. 43 In translating out of, and into those Lingua's they had at their Fingers ends. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋5 Names which a Man of his Learning has at his Fingers-Ends. 1776 Farmer's Mag. Oct. 269 I cannot bear their excuses and put-offs which they always have at their fingers' ends. 1790 Monthly Rev. Jan. 38 Homer and Virgil, in their original language, were (to use a popular figure) as much at his fingers' ends as the keys of his harpsichord. 1812 Monthly Rev. 67 143 With the revenues of a nation at his fingers-ends, he was still unamusable. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. ii. 404 All manner of Military Histories, we perceive, are at his finger-ends. 1896 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. May 663 He was supposed to have the higher mathematics at his finger ends and the devil in his body. 1918 A. Tilley Dawn French Renaissance viii. 274 As a jurist he naturally has Cicero at his fingers' ends, but he is hardly less familiar with technical writers, such as Celsus, Columella, and Vitruvius. 1988 Mod. Lang. Rev. 83 166 Professor Weinstein is undoubtedly a shrewd reader and has all his texts at his fingers' ends. 2015 Austral. Mag. (Nexis) 23 May 26 The man who has to depend on his own skill, strength and nerve must have the craft at his finger-ends. extracted from finger endn. < as lemmas
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