英语词汇“fast-handed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

fast-handed

释义

fast² /fäst/

adjective

Firm
Fixed
Steadfast
Fortified
(of sleep) sound
(of colours) not liable to fade or run

combining form (esp archaic)

Denoting firmly fixed, as in lockfast, colourfast

adverb

Firmly, unflinchingly
Soundly or sound (asleep)
Close or near (archaic or literary)

ORIGIN: OE fæst; Ger fest

fastˈly adverb (Shakespeare)

Firmly

fastˈness noun

Fixedness
A stronghold, fortress, castle

fastˈ-and-looseˈ noun

A cheating game practised at fairs, the dupe being invited to put a stick in the loop of a coiled belt so that it cannot be pulled away (also called prick-the-garter)

fastˈ-handˈed adjective

Tight-fisted, mean

fast by

Close to, close by

hard and fast

(of a rule, etc) unalterable, inflexible, strict

play fast and loose

(from the cheating game) to be unreliable or shifty
To behave without sense of moral obligation
To trifle (with with)

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fast2 /fäst/

fast² /fäst/