单词 | unhand |
释义 | unhandv. transitive. To take the hand off; to release from one's grasp; to let go. Chiefly archaic in the imperative phrase unhand me! ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go (something held or grasped) [verb (transitive)] beleavea1250 leta1325 to let goc1384 to leave hold1556 to turn loose?1566 quita1586 unhand1603 relinquish1651 unseize1663 unfist1692 to leave go1776 unclasp1868 to loose hold1875 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 61 Vnhand me gentlemen; By heauen ile make a ghost of him that lets me. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion vii. 22 I desired them to unhand me. 1687 A. Behn Luckey Chance v. ii. 65 Unhand me false Deceiver—let me loose. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. i. 10 Unhand me this moment, or I will cry out for help. 1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iv, in Moral Tales II. 113 Unhand my Angelina, or I shall die! 1860 G. A. Sala Baddington Peerage I. vii. 132 The surgeon unhanded his assistant, looking at him with a vexed and puzzled air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1603 |
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