英语词汇“to lay a finger on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to lay (also put) a finger on (also upon) (a person or thing) and variants: to touch or handle (a person or thing), however slightly; esp. to touch so as to cause harm or injury, however minor. Frequently in negative constructions. Also figurative. Cf. touch v. 17. [After classical Latin digito attingere, digito contingere, lit. ‘to touch with the finger’.]

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1557 tr. Erasmus Mery Dialogue sig. Aiii^v I gat me a thre foted stole in hand, & he had but ones layd his littell finger on me [L. si contigisset me digito], he shulde not haue founde me lame.

1568 J. Fen tr. J. Osório Learned Treat. Haddon i. f. 43^v If Monkes liued according to the rule of S. Basile, no man woulde once laie his finger on them [L. digito..attigisset].

1582 J. Field in O. Pigg Comfortable Treat. First Epist. Peter To Rdr. sig. A.iii If we haue layd a finger vpon you, you haue layd vpon vs an intollerable clog.

1653 Cloria & Narcissus 95 Orestes..seized upon his naked Sword..vowing to make that weapon the instrument of his just revenge, if he laid the least finger upon his deare Phalarius.

1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. v. xiii. 233 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) There is no pardon for them that lay so much as a finger upon one of these Shappars.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 167 The Parliament began to lay their Fingers on the great ones.

1761 Authentic Mem. Portuguese Inquisition xviii. 256 No civil officer would dare to lay a finger on him.

1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqharin II. xii. 432 His own salary was small, and not exceeding what had been appointed; and he did not chuse to lay a finger upon any thing belonging to the government.

1847 J. K. Paulding & W. I. Paulding Madmen All in Amer. Comedies v. ii. 227 The critics had better dissect a resurrectionized corpse than lay a finger on my book!

1865 R. S. Hawker Prose Wks. (1893) 41 He wished he'd..never laid a finger on him to save his life.

1904 Proc. Oklahoma Bar Assoc. 1903–4 App. 140 Nebraska's politicians dare not lay a finger on the interests of her lands and schools.

1978 M. McLaverty Coll. Short Stories 123 ‘Did you take it, Mother?’‘I didn't lay a finger on it.’

2014 R. A. Fugate From Chicago Bus Driver to The God Man 18 Of course, I never laid a finger on her. She was a virgin.

单词	to lay a finger on
释义	> as lemmas to lay (also put) a finger on (also upon) (a person or thing) d. to lay (also put) a finger on (also upon) (a person or thing) and variants: to touch or handle (a person or thing), however slightly; esp. to touch so as to cause harm or injury, however minor. Frequently in negative constructions. Also figurative. Cf. touch v. 17. [After classical Latin digito attingere, digito contingere, lit. ‘to touch with the finger’.] ΚΠ 1557 tr. Erasmus Mery Dialogue sig. Aiii^v I gat me a thre foted stole in hand, & he had but ones layd his littell finger on me [L. si contigisset me digito], he shulde not haue founde me lame. 1568 J. Fen tr. J. Osório Learned Treat. Haddon i. f. 43^v If Monkes liued according to the rule of S. Basile, no man woulde once laie his finger on them [L. digito..attigisset]. 1582 J. Field in O. Pigg Comfortable Treat. First Epist. Peter To Rdr. sig. A.iii If we haue layd a finger vpon you, you haue layd vpon vs an intollerable clog. 1653 Cloria & Narcissus 95 Orestes..seized upon his naked Sword..vowing to make that weapon the instrument of his just revenge, if he laid the least finger upon his deare Phalarius. 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. v. xiii. 233 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) There is no pardon for them that lay so much as a finger upon one of these Shappars. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 167 The Parliament began to lay their Fingers on the great ones. 1761 Authentic Mem. Portuguese Inquisition xviii. 256 No civil officer would dare to lay a finger on him. 1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqharin II. xii. 432 His own salary was small, and not exceeding what had been appointed; and he did not chuse to lay a finger upon any thing belonging to the government. 1847 J. K. Paulding & W. I. Paulding Madmen All in Amer. Comedies v. ii. 227 The critics had better dissect a resurrectionized corpse than lay a finger on my book! 1865 R. S. Hawker Prose Wks. (1893) 41 He wished he'd..never laid a finger on him to save his life. 1904 Proc. Oklahoma Bar Assoc. 1903–4 App. 140 Nebraska's politicians dare not lay a finger on the interests of her lands and schools. 1978 M. McLaverty Coll. Short Stories 123 ‘Did you take it, Mother?’‘I didn't lay a finger on it.’ 2014 R. A. Fugate From Chicago Bus Driver to The God Man 18 Of course, I never laid a finger on her. She was a virgin. extracted from fingern. < as lemmas
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