英语词汇“to rub one's hands”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. to rub one's hands: to move one's hands to and fro against each other, esp. to signify keen satisfaction or to generate warmth. Frequently figurative.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be contented or satisfied [verb (intransitive)] > express contentment or satisfaction

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1576 R. Peterson tr. G. della Casa Galateo 120 It is an ill sight, to lill out y^e tounge, to stroke your bearde much vp and downe..to rubbe your hands together.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. i. 25 What is it she do's now? Looke how she rubbes her hands .

1699 tr. J. de La Bruyère Characters 342 You'd think him planted there, that he had taken root in the midst of his Tulips, and at his Solitaire; he rubs his hands, he stares, stoops down, and looks.

1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xxi. 250 [He] rubbed his hands, and was scarce able to contain the fullness of his glee.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert vi, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 189 He sighed and rubbed his hands with pleasure, like a man newly restored to liberty.

1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses xiii. 197 The unwhipped coward rubs his hands over his clever boorishness and brutality.

1893 J. K. Snowden Tales Yorks. Wolds 158 Willie was rubbing his hands slowly before the roaring fire. ‘I'm fearful starved’, he said.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 316 The Times rubbed its hands and told the whitelivered Saxons there would soon be as few Irish in Ireland as redskins in America.

1966 Listener 30 June 936/1 The British Government has invested half a million pounds on this display of international sport and the London hotel-keepers are rubbing their hands.

1989 R. M. Wilson Ripley Bogle 117 I rub my hands to produce a little warmth. Bloody June!

2003 Attitude Jan. 8/1 Our probing correspondent Simon Gage rubbed his hands with glee when..Cristian Solimeno declared his lack of interest in his own TV show.

单词	to rub one's hands
释义	> as lemmas to rub one's hands P2. to rub one's hands: to move one's hands to and fro against each other, esp. to signify keen satisfaction or to generate warmth. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be contented or satisfied [verb (intransitive)] > express contentment or satisfaction to rub one's hands1576 purr1658 1576 R. Peterson tr. G. della Casa Galateo 120 It is an ill sight, to lill out y^e tounge, to stroke your bearde much vp and downe..to rubbe your hands together. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. i. 25 What is it she do's now? Looke how she rubbes her hands . View more context for this quotation 1699 tr. J. de La Bruyère Characters 342 You'd think him planted there, that he had taken root in the midst of his Tulips, and at his Solitaire; he rubs his hands, he stares, stoops down, and looks. 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xxi. 250 [He] rubbed his hands, and was scarce able to contain the fullness of his glee. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert vi, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 189 He sighed and rubbed his hands with pleasure, like a man newly restored to liberty. 1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses xiii. 197 The unwhipped coward rubs his hands over his clever boorishness and brutality. 1893 J. K. Snowden Tales Yorks. Wolds 158 Willie was rubbing his hands slowly before the roaring fire. ‘I'm fearful starved’, he said. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 316 The Times rubbed its hands and told the whitelivered Saxons there would soon be as few Irish in Ireland as redskins in America. 1966 Listener 30 June 936/1 The British Government has invested half a million pounds on this display of international sport and the London hotel-keepers are rubbing their hands. 1989 R. M. Wilson Ripley Bogle 117 I rub my hands to produce a little warmth. Bloody June! 2003 Attitude Jan. 8/1 Our probing correspondent Simon Gage rubbed his hands with glee when..Cristian Solimeno declared his lack of interest in his own TV show. extracted from rubv.¹ < as lemmas
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