单词 | to hold in hand |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold (also keep) (a person) in hand ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > keep in suspense [verb (transitive)] to hold (also keep) (a person) in handa1400 to keep (or hold) in (great or a great) suspense1557 to hold (one) with his bill in the water1579 to hang by the eyelids1587 suspend1605 equipoise1887 to keep (a person) on the edge of his (also her) seat1897 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16428 (MED) Pilate forthoght þaim bath to wrath bot wald þam hald in hand. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 477 But that .I. nyl not holden hym yn honde. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 1019 Her luste to holde no wighte in hond. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) l. 6419 (MED) [Women] longe for to holde on honde Folkys bothe free and bonde. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) iii. 33 Hald thame in hand,..And hecht thame giftis, howbeid ȝe gif thame nocht. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxxviii. 152 Not to hold him longer in hand. 1683 J. D. tr. B. Le Bovier de Fontenelle New Dialogues of Dead 111 I kept you in hand several years, and in the end I laughed at you. 1709 J. Rowe tr. Sallust Historian 124 As to the Peace which the King su'd for, he neither positively refus'd, nor granted it; but held him in Hand. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. v. 132 The rogue-lawyers, after taking fees, and keeping me in hand for years. 1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 137/1 You trifled with my affections, held me in hand for years, and flung me away without one grain of pity. to hold in hand ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2432 Þe king..commaunded..Men suld him mensk and hald in hand. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages Prol. sig. A.ij Greit Lordis and Lairdis the court wald hald in hand. ?1673 W. Penn Winding-sheet for Controversie Ended vii. 7 What Judas soever H. Hedworth associates with, or holds in hand, that informs him against us, I neither know, nor care. 1877–8 H. Taylor Philip Van Artevelde Pt. II (new ed.) i. i, in Wks. I. 217 He's ever taking starts And leaving them that he should hold in hand. to hold in hand ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > maintaining or upholding as true > maintain or uphold as true [verb (transitive)] haveOE werea1300 maintainc1350 confirmc1380 sustainc1430 defendc1475 to hold in hand1530 uphold1530 soothea1556 dispute1610 sticklea1661 to hold out1847 claim1864 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 587/1 He holdeth me in hande that he wyll ryde out of towne. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 127 They..who hold in hand that this Chester..was so named from a Gyant the builder thereof. < as lemmas |
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