单词 | upper hand |
释义 | hand /hand/noun
ORIGIN: OE hand; in all Gmc tongues, perh related to Gothic hinthan to seize handˈed adjective
handˈedness noun
As in left-handedness handˈer noun
handˈful noun (pl handˈfuls)
handˈily adverb handˈiness noun handˈless adjective
handˈy adjective (handˈier; handˈiest)
handˈbag noun
transitive verb (informal) To attack, destroy, wreck, undermine (orig used of Margaret Thatcher) handˈbagging noun handbag music noun A form of house music with long piano breaks and vocal solos handˈball noun
handˈ-barrow noun
handˈ-basket noun handˈbell noun A small bell with a handle, rung by hand handˈbill noun
handˈbook noun
handˈbrake noun A brake applied by a hand-operated lever handbrake turn noun A sharp U-turn on the spot in a motor car, achieved by applying the handbrake at speed handˈbreadth or hand's breadth noun The breadth of a hand handˈcar noun (US) A workman's small, open-sided railway car, motorized or propelled by hand-pumping a lever handˈcart noun A light cart drawn by hand handˈclap noun A clap of the hands handˈclasp noun (US) A handshake handˈcraft noun Handicraft transitive verb To make skilfully by hand handˈcrafted adjective handˈcuff noun (esp in pl) a shackle locked on the wrist transitive verb To put handcuffs on handˈfast noun (archaic)
adjective (archaic)
transitive verb (archaic)
handˈfasting noun (archaic)
handˈ-feeding noun Feeding of animals or machinery by hand hand gallop noun An easy gallop, restrained by the bridle-hand hand glass noun
hand grenade noun A grenade to be thrown by hand handˈgrip noun
handˈgun noun A gun that can be held and fired in one hand handˈ-held adjective (also without hyphen) held in the hands rather than mounted on some support hand'held noun Any piece of equipment designed to be carried in the hand, esp a personal digital assistant handˈhold noun
handˈ-horn noun An early form of musical horn without valves handˈicuffs plural noun Fisticuffs handˈ-in noun (badminton, etc) The player who is serving handˈjob noun (slang) An act of manually stimulating the penis of another person handˈknit noun and adjective (a garment) knitted by hand handˈ-knitˈ transitive verb handˈ-knitted adjective hand line noun A fishing-line without a rod intransitive verb To fish with such a line handˈlist noun A list without detail, for handy reference handˈ-loom noun A hand-worked weaving loom hand lotion noun handˈmade adjective handˈmaid or handˈmaiden noun (archaic)
hand mating noun (agriculture) A system in which the stockman supervises the mating of a specific female to a specific male handˈ-me-down adjective (of garments) formerly ready-made, usually cheap, now usu second-hand, esp formerly belonging to a member of one's own family noun
handˈ-mill noun
handˈ-off noun (rugby) An act or manner of pushing off an opponent hand of glory noun see separate entry. hand organ noun A barrel organ handˈout noun
handˈ-out noun (badminton, etc)
handˈover noun A transfer, handing over handˈ-painted adjective handˈ-paper noun Paper with a hand for watermark handˈ-pick transitive verb
handˈplay noun Dealing of blows handˈ-post noun A fingerpost handˈ-press noun A printing or other press worked by hand handˈprint noun The mark left by a person's hand hand-promˈise noun Formerly in Ireland, a solemn form of betrothal hand puppet noun A glove puppet handˈrail noun A rail to hold for safety, support, etc, as on stairs hand relief noun (informal) Masturbation hand-runnˈing adverb (dialect) Consecutively handˈsaw noun
handˈ-screen noun A screen against fire or sun, held in the hand handˈ-screw noun
handˈset noun
handˈ-sewing noun handˈ-sewn adjective handsˈ-free adjective Not involving manual operation, eg of a telephone apparatus that incorporates a microphone and speaker so that the user need not hold the handset when making a call nounAn apparatus that can be operated without using the hands handˈshake noun
handˈshaking noun (computing) The process of performing a handshake hands-offˈ adjective
hands-onˈ adjective
handˈspike noun A bar used as a lever handˈspring noun A cartwheel or somersault with hands on the ground handˈstaff noun (pl handˈstaves or handˈstaffs)
handˈstand noun An act of balancing one's body on the palms of one's hands with one's trunk and legs in the air handsˈturn or hand's turn noun (usu with a negative) a single or least act of work handˈtowel noun handˈ-weeded adjective handˈwork noun Work done by hand handˈworked adjective Made or done by hand handˈwriting noun
handˈwritten adjective Written by hand, not typed or printed handˈwrought adjective Handworked handˈyman noun
at any hand or in any hand (Shakespeare) At any rate, in any case at first hand Directly from the source at hand
at the hand (or hands) of By the act of bear a hand To take part, give aid bloody or red hand (heraldry) The arms of Ulster, a sinister hand erect couped at the wrist gules, borne by baronets in a canton or inescutcheon by hand
by the strong hand By force change hands To pass to other ownership or keeping come to hand
come to one's hand
force someone's hand To compel someone for one's own hand To one's own account get one's hand in
good hands
hand and foot
hand and (or in) glove
hand down or on To transmit in succession or by tradition hand in hand
hand it to someone (slang) To admit someone's superiority, esp as shown by his or her success in a difficult matter hand out To distribute, pass by hand to individuals (see also handout above) hand over
hand over fist With steady and rapid gain hand over hand
hand over head Headlong hands down With utter ease (as in winning a race) hands off
hands up (as a command) hold the hands above the head in surrender hand to hand At close quarters (handˈ-to-handˈ adjective) hand to mouth With provision for immediate needs only (handˈ-to-mouthˈ adjective) handwriting on the wall see under write have one's hands full To be preoccupied, very busy hold hands see under hold1 in hand
keep one's hand in see under keep lay hands on
laying-on of hands
lend a hand To give assistance lift a hand (usu with a negative) to make the least effort (to help, etc) off one's hands No longer under one's responsible charge old hand see under old on all hands or on every hand
on hand
on one's hands
on the one hand … on the other hand… Phrases used to introduce opposing points in an argument, etc out of hand
poor hand An unskilful person or way of handling (usu with at) raise one's hand to (often with a negative) to strike, behave violently towards set or put one's hand to
shake hands with see under shake show of hands A vote by holding up hands show one's hand To expose one's purpose sit on one's hands To take no action slow handclap Slow rhythmic clapping showing disapproval stand one's hand (informal) To buy a drink for someone else take in hand
take off someone's hands To relieve someone of the hand of God Any unforeseen and unavoidable accident, such as lightning or a storm throw in one's hand
tie someone's hands To render someone powerless to (one's) hand
try one's hand at
under one's hand With one's proper signature attached upper hand
wash one's hands (of) To disclaim responsibility (for) (Bible, Matthew 27.24) up /up/adverb
—Also elliptically passing into use as a verb or interjection by omission of verbs such as go, come, put, etc, often followed by with adjective (compar uppˈer; superl upˈmost or uppˈermost see below)
ORIGIN: OE ūp, upp up, uppe above, uppian to rise; Ger auf upˈmost adjective Uppermost uppˈer adjective (see above)
uppˈermost adjective (see above)
In the highest place, first uppˈing noun The action of up (vt) (see above) uppˈish adjective Assuming, pretentious, snobbish uppˈishly adverb uppˈishness noun uppˈity adjective
upˈward /-wərd/ adverb
Upwards along adjective
Top upˈwardly adverb upˈwardness noun
upˈ-and-comˈing adjective
upˈ-and-downˈ adjective
noun (golf; informal) An act of completing a hole from a position off the green by using one lofted shot and one putt upˈ-and-oˈver adjective (of a door, etc) raised to a horizontal position when opened (also upˈ-oˈver) upˈ-and-unˈderˈ noun (rugby) A movement in which the ball is kicked high and forward, and the players rush to try to catch it upˈ-beat noun
adjective (informal; upˈbeat)
upˈbow noun (music) A movement of the bow from point towards nut over the strings upˈ-current or upˈ-draught noun A rising current of air upfront see up front below. upˈland noun
adjective
upland cotton noun A variety of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) orig grown in America upˈlander noun uplandˈish adjective (obsolete)
upˈ-line noun A railway line for upgoing trains (ie those going to, not from, eg a city) upper atmosphere noun The region of the atmosphere above about 20 miles from the earth uppˈer-brackˈet adjective In an upper grouping in a list, etc uppˈer-case adjective (printing) Literally, kept in an upper case, capital as opposed to small (of letters) upper chamber same as upper house below. upper class or upper classes noun The people of the highest social rank uppˈer-classˈ adjective upper crust noun
uppˈer-crustˈ adjective Upper-class, aristocratic uppˈercut noun An upward short-arm blow upper hand noun Mastery, advantage upper house noun In a bicameral legislature, the house that is the more restricted in membership, eg House of Lords, Senate of USA and other countries upper regions plural noun
Upper Roger noun Corruption of Hindi Yuva-rājā, young prince upper school noun The senior pupils in a secondary school upper storey or (esp in N American) upper story noun
upper ten (thousand) noun The richest or most influential class uppˈerworks plural noun
uppˈing-block, uppˈing-stock or uppˈing-stone noun A mounting block upˈside noun
adverb On the upper side upside down or upˈside-downˈ adverb (earlier up so down; Spenser upˈsideowneˈ)
adjective Turned upside down upside-down cake noun A sponge cake baked with fruit at the bottom and turned upside down before it is served upˈsides adverb
upˈ-train noun A railway train proceeding towards the chief terminus upward mobility noun The (desired) state of the upwardly mobile, those people moving (or attempting to move) to a higher social rank or position of greater status be up in To have a knowledge of have had it up to here (informal) To have had as much as one can take, to be fed up (usu with a gesture towards the throat) it is all up (with) There is no hope (for) not up (tennis) Called when the ball bounces twice before the player manages to hit it on one's uppers
on the up (cricket) (of a stroke) played as the ball rises from its bounce on the up and up
something is up Something is amiss, something unusual or unexpected is happening or has happened up against Face to face with, confronted with up against it In almost desperate straits up and doing Bestirring oneself up and down
up and running Fully functional up at Attending, studying at (a university) up close and personal Intimate or intimately up for
up front
up oneself (slang) Smugly pleased with oneself ups and downs
up sticks (informal) To move one's home, business, etc, decamp up to
up to date
up top (informal) In the head, in respect of intelligence up to speed
up to the minute or moment Right up to the present time (up-to-the-minˈute or up-to-the-moˈment adjective very up-to-date) up town
up with
up yours (vulgar sl) An expression of strong refusal, defiance, contempt, etc what's up? (with you?, etc) What's the matter, what's wrong (with you, etc)? |
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