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单词 to turn one's hand
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to turn one's hand
h. to turn one's hand.
(a) To make an attack; to bring about hardship. Chiefly followed by against, upon. Cf. sense 26a. Now archaic and rare.
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society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)]
greetc893
overfallOE
riseOE
assail?c1225
to lay on or upon?c1225
onseekc1275
to set on ——c1290
infighta1300
saila1300
to go upon ——c1300
to turn one's handc1325
lashc1330
annoyc1380
impugnc1384
offendc1385
to fall on ——a1387
sault1387
affrayc1390
to set upon ——1390
to fall upon ——a1398
to lay at?a1400
semblea1400
assayc1400
havec1400
aset1413
oppressa1425
attachc1425
to set at ——c1430
fraya1440
fray1465
oppugn?a1475
sayc1475
envaye1477
pursue1488
envahisshe1489
assaulta1500
to lay to, untoa1500
requirea1500
enterprise?1510
invade1513
assemblec1515
expugn1530
to fare on1535
to fall into ——1550
mount1568
attack?1576
affront1579
invest1598
canvass1599
to take arms1604
attempt1605
to make force at, to, upon1607
salute1609
offence1614
strikea1616
to give a lift at1622
to get at ——1650
insult1697
to walk into ——1794
to go in at1812
to go for ——1838
to light on ——1842
strafe1915
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)]
assail?c1225
to set on ——c1290
saila1300
to turn one's handc1325
lashc1330
to set against ——c1330
impugnc1384
offendc1385
weighc1386
checka1400
to lay at?a1400
havec1400
to set at ——c1430
fraya1440
rehetea1450
besail1460
fray1465
tuilyie1487
assaulta1500
enterprise?1510
invade1513
sturt1513
attempt1546
lay1580
tilt1589
to fall aboard——1593
yoke1596
to let into1598
to fall foul1602
attack1655
do1780
to go in at1812
to pitch into ——1823
tackle1828
vampire1832
bushwhack1837
to go for ——1838
take1864
pile1867
volcano1867
to set about ——1879
vampirize1888
to get stuck into1910
to take to ——1911
weigh1941
rugby-tackle1967
rugger-tackle1967
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 6070 Suan þe duc of denemarch bigan to turne is hond & after þat he adde destrued þe souþhalf of þis lond He wende & robbede of þis lond al þe norþ side.
a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) 2 Kings xxiv. 17 I biseche, be thin hoond turned [L. vertatur..manus tua] aȝens me, and aȝens the hows of my fader.
1694 J. Owen Englands Warning 14 By our obstinacy and continuance in impenitency and disobedience, we have caused him to turn his Hand against us.
1839 J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Church (1847) x. 107 Her cruel masters turned their ruthless hands against every thing and person that had a religious character.
1877 Queen's Printers' Bible-Aids 134 David..entreating him [sc. God] to spare the innocent people, and to turn his hand upon himself.
1906 Jewish Era 15 Jan. 171/1 The prophet intimates that when God has finished the chastisement of Judah He will then turn His hand upon those nations and punish them.
2010 K. M. Saxegaard Character Complexity in Bk. of Ruth viii. 199 She complains about God who has turned his hand against her.
(b) Followed by to: to apply oneself to, set to work at, take up as an occupation. Frequently in such expressions as they can turn their hands to anything. Formerly also †without possessive. Cf. sense 22.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > tackle or proceed to deal with
entreat?a1450
overtakea1500
to go on ——1508
take1523
to go about ——?1533
to set upon ——1555
fall1589
to turn one's hand1628
to take to task1649
tackle1847
to take on1898
1628 T. Taylor Man in Christ 95 How mightily did Gods power manifest it selfe in ouercomming all difficulties in that Creation? no finite power could turne hand to it.
1703 R. Steele Tender Husband ii. i A good Servant should turn his Hand to every thing in a Family.
1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun in Wks. (1863) III. 11 She could turn her hand to anything.
1856 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 17 ii. 358 [He] can turn his own hand to the plough when wanted.
1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland ii. 24 [He] was ready to turn his hand to anything that might enable him to earn a living.
1951 M. Lambert & E. Marx Eng. Pop. Art iii. 48 In the nineteenth century the pargeter sometimes turned his hand to making plaques for inn signs.
2014 Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. 57 My father had the gift of the gob—he could turn his hand to selling anything.
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