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单词 unhand
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unhandv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈhand/, U.S. /ˌənˈhænd/
Etymology: un- prefix2 1b(b).
transitive. To take the hand off; to release from one's grasp; to let go. Chiefly archaic in the imperative phrase unhand me!
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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.
figurative.1880 S. Lanier Sunrise 77 'Tis here thou canst unhand thy heart And breathe it free.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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