| 单词 | underhand |
| 释义 | underhand /un"deuhr hand'/, adj. 1. not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: an underhand deal with the chief of police. 2. executed with the hand below the level of the shoulder and the palm turned upward and forward: an underhand delivery of a ball. adv. 3. with the hand below the level of the shoulder and the palm turned upward and forward: to bowl underhand. 4. secretly; stealthily; slyly. [bef. 900; 1530-40 for def. 1; ME under hande (adv.) under rule, OE underhand. See UNDER-, HAND] Syn. 1. stealthy, sly, clandestine, surreptitious. |
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