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单词 to hand
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to hand
(a) to hand: within reach, accessible, at hand; at one's disposal; into one's possession or presence. Formerly also: †near, close by, to close combat (obsolete).to come to hand: see Phrases 2b(a).
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the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > near or accessible
at handeOE
to handOE
at one's fingertips (also fingers' tips)1861
OE Genesis A (1931) 1471 Liðend [sc. the dove] brohte elebeames twig an to handa.
lOE St. Nicholas (Corpus Cambr.) (1997) 86 Ic bidde þe þæt þu ateowige me..hwæt he beo þe me swa fela goda to hande bringað.
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 338 Lust whi ihc wonde Bringe þe horn to honde.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11235 Sli clathes als sco had to hand.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 4198 It were foly to prece to honde.
c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. l. 992 (MED) Be his massageris sente he me to hande Al my sustenauns.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. K8 By this the dreadfull Beast drew nigh to hand.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R4v Him needed not long call, shee soone to hond Her ferry brought.
1673 R. Baxter Christian Directory To Rdr. sig. A2v This Book..hath no Cases of Conscience but what my bare memory brought to hand.
1750 B. Franklin Let. 28 June in Wks. (1887) II. 166 I sent this essay..and have since heard nothing of it, which makes me doubt of its getting to hand.
1845 R. C. Trench Fitness Holy Script. iv. 83 Evidences ready to hand.
1861 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 July 46/2 You are indignant that a certain letter you ought to have had is not to hand at the proper moment.
1929 Times 2 Nov. 4/7 The carburettor is to hand, and there is a useful air-cleaner.
2000 Victorian July 21/1 If you..need to know how high your dado rail should be, the answer will soon be to hand.
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to (one's) hand
(b) to (one's) hand: (esp. of an animal) under (one's) control, into subjection. Frequently in to bring to hand.In early use frequently with indirect object indicating whose control the person is subjected to.
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society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > under control
to (one's) handOE
underhanda1000
under subordination1749
in hand1761
OE Fortunes of Men 92 Sum sceal wildne fugel wloncne atemian..; deþ he wyrplas on.., oþþæt se wælisca..eaðmod weorþeð ond to hagostealdes honda gelæred.
OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Judges (Laud) vi. 1 in S. J. Crawford Old Eng. Version of Heptateuch (1922) 406 He let hi to handa þam hæþenan leodscipe, Madian gecweden [L. tradidit eos in manu Madian].
c1200 Serm. in Eng. & Germanic Stud. (1961) 7 63 Heo..velden al heore ofsprung eche deþ to honde.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 788 He was noght of such myht The strengthe of love to withstonde That he ne was so broght to honde.
a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 2304 Hoolde foode away, and watir, kepe it thens, And hem to honde anoon shal honger bringe.
1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques i. v. 40 They knowe so well how to tame and bring to hand [harts], that they make their flesh serue for meat to eate.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 307 Alexander..at last wan the Horsse to hand.
a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §266 275 He..brought the hawk to hand.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 67 Some of these they had brought so to their Hand, that they taught them to go and come.
1810 Repertory Arts, Manuf., & Agric. Dec. 29 My bulls as well as oxen..are put into carts or waggons as wanted, and upon the whole brought to hand more easily than colts.
1868 Baily's Monthly Mag. Nov. 734 Should Mr. Deacon continue to bring his foxes to hand as he has hitherto done.., the noses on his kennel-door will outnumber all those of his predecessors.
1922 E. Wallace Flying Fifty-five xii. 74 He has got the make, shape and pedigree of a Derby winner, and unless I am mistaken, he is the kind that comes to hand very slowly.
2008 R. L. LaFevers Theodosia & Eye of Osiris i. 12 If you cannot see to her proper upbringing, then perhaps I shall take her to hand.
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