hand

1. the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb;

"he had the hands of a surgeon"

"he extended his mitt"

2. a hired laborer on a farm or ranch;

"the hired hand fixed the railing"

"a ranch hand"

3. something written by hand;

"she recognized his handwriting"

"his hand was illegible"

4. ability;

"he wanted to try his hand at singing"

5. a position given by its location to the side of an object;

"objections were voiced on every hand"

6. the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time;

"I didn't hold a good hand all evening"

"he kept trying to see my hand"

7. one of two sides of an issue;

"on the one hand..., but on the other hand..."

8. a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece;

"the big hand counts the minutes"

9. a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses;

"the horse stood 20 hands"

10. a member of the crew of a ship;

"all hands on deck"

11. a card player in a game of bridge;

"we need a 4th hand for bridge"

12. a round of applause to signify approval;

"give the little lady a great big hand"

13. terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos);

"the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"- Springfield (Mass.) Union

14. physical assistance;

"give me a hand with the chores"

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hand

hand: [OE] Hand is a widespread Germanic word (German, Dutch, and Swedish also have it), but it has no relatives outside Germanic, and no one is too sure where it comes from. Perhaps the likeliest explanation is that it is related to Gothic frahinthan ‘seize, pursue’, Swedish hinna ‘reach’, and English hunt, and that is underlying meaning is ‘body part used for seizing’. The derived adjective handsome [15] originally meant simply ‘easy to handle’. The modern sense ‘attractive’ did not develop until the late 16th century.
=> handsome, hunt

hand (n.)

Old English hond, hand "the human hand;" also "side, part, direction" (in defining position, to either right or left); also "power, control, possession" (on the notion of the hand's grip or hold), from Proto-Germanic *handuz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch, German hand, Old Norse hönd, Gothic handus), which is of uncertain origin. The original Old English plural handa was superseded in Middle English by handen, later hands. Indo-European "hand" words tend to be from roots meaning "seize, take, collect" or are extended from words originally meaning only a part of the hand (such as Irish lam, Welsh llaw, cognate with Latin palma and originally meaning "palm of the hand"). One ancient root, represented by Latin manus (see manual (adj.)) is represented in Old English by mund "hand," but more usually "protection, guardianship; a protector, guardian."

Meaning "manual worker, person who does something with his hands" is from 1580s, hence "hired workman" (1630s) and "sailor in a ship's crew" (1660s). Meaning "agency, part in doing something" is from 1590s. Clock and watch sense is from 1570s. Meaning "round of applause" is from 1838. The linear measure of 4 inches (originally 3) is from 1560s, now used only in giving the height of horses. The meaning "playing cards held in one player's hand" is from 1620s; that of "a round at a card game" is from 1620s. Meaning "handwriting" is from late 14c.; also "one's style of penmanship" (early 15c.). The word in reference to the various uses of hands in making a pledge is by c. 1200; specifically "one's pledge of marriage" by late 14c.

First hand, second hand, etc. (mid-15c.) are from the notion of something being passed from hand to hand. At hand is from c. 1200 as "near in time," c. 1300 as "within reach." Out of hand (1590s) is opposite of in hand "under control" (c. 1200). Adverbial phrase hand-over-fist (1803) is nautical, suggestive of hauling or climbing by passing the hands one before the other alternately. To win something hands down (1855) is from horse racing, from a jockey's gesture of letting the reins go loose in an easy victory.

The Two Thousand Guinea Stakes was not the best contested one that it has been our fortune to assist at. ... [T]hey were won by Meteor, with Scott for his rider; who went by the post with his hands down, the easiest of all easy half-lengths. Wiseacre certainly did the best in his power to spoil his position, and Misdeal was at one time a little vexatious. ["The Sportsman," report from April 26, 1840]

Phrase on the one hand ... on the other hand is recorded from 1630s, a figurative use of the physical sense of hand in reference to position on one side or the other side of the body (as in the lefthand side), which goes back to Old English Hands up! as a command from a policeman, robber, etc., is from 1863, from the image of holding up one's hands as a token of submission or non-resistance. Hand-to-hand "in close contact," of fighting, is from c. 1400. Hand-to-mouth is from c. 1500. Hand-in-hand attested from c. 1500 as "with hands clasped;" figurative sense of "concurrently" recorded from 1570s.

hand (v.)

c. 1400, "take charge of, seize," from hand (n.). Earlier verbs were hend (Old English genehdan), handle. Meaning "to pass (something to someone)" is from 1640s. To hand it to (someone) "acknowledge someone's ability or superiority" is slang from 1906, the it perhaps meant to suggest a trophy cup, award, etc. Related: Handed; handing.

On the other hand, indicators of a person's accumulated knowledge—like performance on tests of vocabulary and general knowledge—kept improving with age, according to findings published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The mastery-oriented children, on the other hand, think intelligence is not fixed and can be developed through education and hard work.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga—by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under clock time vs task time.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

They give priority to the most urgent task on hand.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The kind of shopping—where you hand over notes and count out change in return—now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters, like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk from a corner shop.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

On the other hand, task-timers have a list of things they want to accomplish.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

My mission is to encourage green hands and those lacking time or money to feed themselves.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

I am not sure if she was more upset by my hubris ( ' , 得意忘形 ) or by the fact that my English teacher had let my ego get so out of hand.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

It has been brought on by years of eating anything he could get his hands on.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

But while printing quickly caused the hand written book to die out, handwriting lingered on (继续存在) well into the 16th century.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

America will remain the best place on earth to do business, so long as Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress resist the temptation to interfere too much, and so long as organised labour does not overplay its hand.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Among them: Density restrictions: licenses to sell alcohol aren't handed out unplanned to all comers but are allotted（分配）based on the number of places in an area that already sell alcohol

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Facebook is a handy site, but I'm upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don't That's too high a price to pay.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

They weren't looking for cured meats, organic produce or beautiful presentation; they were looking for whatever they could get their hands on, and this prioritisation of quantity over quality prevailed for decades, meaning a generation was brought up with food that couldn't compete with neighbouring France, Italy, Belgium or Spain.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

First, read a chapter with one pen in your hand and others next to you on the desk.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Hand in her roommate's application form

出自-2014年6月听力原文

For example, a Colombian who wants someone to approach him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly back and forth.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Speakers or English have a similar gesture through the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the opposite of the Colombian gesture

出自-2014年6月听力原文

If he keeps the palm of the hand parallel to the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is reserved for the description of animals.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

In order to describe human beings he should keep the palm of his hand at a right angle to the floor

出自-2014年6月听力原文

You would not be surprised if a stranger tried to shake hands when you were introduced, but you might be a little startled if they bowed, started to stroke you or kissed you on both cheeks.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

Part of your point you knew before hand but part you discovered as you wrote.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

My hand still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

I showed him that my hands were empty.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

A woman encouraged to try knitting and crocheting after developing an autoimmune disease that caused a lot of hand pain reported on the Craft Yam Council site that her hands are now less stiff and painful.

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

As such, different populations of killer whales have had to learn different hunting techniques in order to gain the upper hand over their local prey.

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

But it has to be done by hand, not typing on a keyboard.

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

I am not sure if she was more upset by my hubris or by the fact that my English teacher had let my ego get so out of hand.

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

It has a similar effect to writing by hand.

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

On the other hand, imagine the cost savings for local police enforcement and town budgets without all those speeding and parking tickets.

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

On the other hand, scientists are increasingly learning that aging and biological age are two different things, and that the former is a key risk factor for conditions such as heart disease, cancer and many more.

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

She didn't hand in her first two assignments for chemistry, which started her out in the class with a failing grade.

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Vocational-type classes, such as computer science or journalism, on the other hand, are often more research-oriented and lend themselves to take-home testing.

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

When the students came in, sharpened pencils in hand, there was not a blue book in sight.

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

You see, writing by hand forces you to actually engage with what you're learning in a more physical way.

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

White storks feed on locusts ( ' , 蝗虫) and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, said Flack.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues; while some, like the WRI, maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-inhand with economic development, others argue that the priority is to build a thriving economy, and then use the wealth created to tackle environmental degradation.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Michael Yudell, a professor of public health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said that modern genetics research is operating in a paradox: on the one hand, race is understood to be a useful tool to illuminate human genetic diversity, but on the other hand, race is also understood to be a poorly defined marker of that diversity.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

And when it comes to the hyper-connected super-smart world that technology firms are painting for us, it seems that consumers are growing more uneasy about handing over the massive amounts of consumer data needed to provide the personalized, customized solutions that companies need to improve their services.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

On the other hand, the death rate from flu dropped from 7.4% in 2000 to 4.1% in 2014.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

The Black group, on the other hand, put his salary at about ＄29,000, and guessed that he had only some college experience.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

All of those specialized bulbs led to the building of specialized light fixtures, from the desk lamp you study by, to the ugly but beloved hand-painted Chinese lamp you inherited from your grandmother, to the ceiling fixture in your closet, to the light in your oven or refrigerator, and to the light that the dentist points at you.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But less than a month before hand, inspectors found significant problems with the fire safety system and push the opening back again to 2013.

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

Infants, on the other hand, didn't appear to have worse sleep whether they slept in the same or different room from their mothers.

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

Michael Yudell, a professor of public health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said that modern genetics research is operating in a paradox: on the one hand, race is understood to be a useful tool to illuminate human genetic diversity, but on the othe

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

On the one hand, the drive to share is gathering official steam.

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

On the other hand, scientists disagree about how much and when they should share data, and they debate whether sharing it is more likely to accelerate science and make it more robust, or to introduce vulnerabilities and problems.

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

Out of curiosity, I paid a visit to Sainz Breeze as I put my hand into a packet of crickets with their tiny eyes and legs.

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

Recently, Sanchez bought a hand operated tool which pulls out weeds and loosen soil.

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

Sales of grass-fed yogurt and kefir(发酵乳饮品) on the other hand, have in the last year increased by over 38%.

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

The " Black " group, on the other hand, put his salary at about ＄ 29, 000, and guessed that he had only " some " college experience.

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

Then I'll hand it over to you to discuss the timeline and summarize, and we'll take questions together at the end.

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

They called a submarine an iron fish and a small bomb thrown by hand a potato.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

White storks feed on locusts and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand.

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

A city is the product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's intelligence and creativity.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

A woman excused the interruption and handed me an envelope.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

After he steadied himself, he shook Glenn's mother's hand, and the inspection continued as though nothing had happened.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

An example at hand is the involvement of parents in the lives of their children who are attending college.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

And if you have your lecture notes or the article in hand, you and the professor will be able to examine specific points that are confusing to you, rather than just talking in a general way about the contents.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

And their minds are bright despite their dirty hands and clothes.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

As a result, humans can perform very complex tasks with their hands.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

As they left student life behind, many had a last drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and moved out of small apartments into high buildings.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

Both the hand movements and the very idea of communicating without speaking attracted me.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

But the problem should not be dismissed out of hand, as it has been by some AI researchers.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Far from charging consumers high prices, many of these services are free users pay, in effect, by handing over yet more data.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Feeling good, I emptied my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park.

2015年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 A 原文

Handing out sliced oranges to bloodthirsty kids can be as exciting as watching your own kid score a goal.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

He finds that if babies aged 18 months see an unrelated adult with hands full trying to open a door, almost all will immediately try to help.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Hearing mom say, "I can't believe what's printed in the newspaper this morning," made me want to grab it out of her hands and read it myself.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Human children, on the other hand, are naturally cooperative.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Humankind paid for its broad vision and skillful hands backaches and painful necks.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

I had the chance of seeing this first hand on a weekend.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

I need to hand in a sales report next Monday, and it's already Wednesday today.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 听力 原文

In india, for example, most people traditionally eat with their hands.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

In my husband's hand was my wallet, with not a penny missing.

2019年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

It enables small-scale farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per hour—a huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen pounds by hand—suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

It was a hot summer day that found me running down the street with a dollar in my sweaty hand.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读表达 原文

Jenkins, and ask if you can hand it in on Friday morning?

2015年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

My washing machine is being repaired this week, so I have to wash my clothes by hand.

2018年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

On the other hand, Ericsson(1993) suggests that the most effective learning occurs through involvement in highly structured activities defined as deliberate practice.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文

On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

"Only on special occasions would they take it out and let us hold it in our hands, " Adeline says.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Our generation once joined hands and stood firm at times of national emergency.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

People of all ages happily walk along the pavement with eyes and hands glued to the mobile phone, quite unaware of what is going on around them.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Slowly they came to trust me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand.

2015年高考英语四川卷 完形填空 原文

So Alia took matters into her own hands.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文

Steve moved to the piano and sat at the bench, hands trembling as he gently placed his fingers on the keys.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Summer company provides students with hands-on business training and awards of up to $3, 000 to start and run their own summer businesses.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The accents placed at the bottom in this study, on the other hand, were regional地区的city accents.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The center offers programs designed to challenge and inspire with hands-on tasks and lots of fun.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Then on Wednesday, that's the 16th, all classmates have to hand in three student photos.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

They usually have dirty hands and wear dirty work clothes.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

To make it easier to get in touch with us, you'd better keep this card at hand.

2016年高考英语北京卷 单项选择 原文

To many people, technology means computers, hand-held devices, or vehicles that travel to distant planets.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Trust adults with their hands full.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Video games can be a poor influence if left in the wrong hands.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 单项选择 原文

Whaley got the idea of this second-grade presidential campaign project when he asked the children one day to raise their hands if they thought they could never be a president.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

When he handed the medicine to the next musher, shannon‘s face was black from the extreme cold.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for whatever his family might need, he burst into tears.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

When the inspector extended his hand to greet Glenn's mother, he slipped on the freshly oiled surface.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

When we handed him the bag of food, he lit up and thanked us with watery eyes.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down between the sleepers into the wild flood waters below.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

With great interest, he read everything he could lay his hands on, listened to the town elders and learned about the world beyond his tiny hometown.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Within a short time, however, the burden of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

However, none of these requirements should deter large retailers ( ' , and even some large food producers and existing wholesalers) from trying their hand, for those that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe stand to reap considerable gains.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope, or your cellphone in the palm of your hand.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

It Is against that background that the information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has issued her damning verdict against the Royal Free hospital trust under the NHS, which handed over to DeepMind the records of 1.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

But that doesn't mean crucial ethical issues involving AI aren't at hand.

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

However, none of these requirements should deter large retailers from trying their hand, for those that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe stand to reap considerable gains.

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

On one hand, that viewpoint is a logical product of America's evolution.

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

On the one hand, it's a necessary condition for many worthwhile things: child care, friendships, etc.

2018年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

On the other hand, putting your faith in the wrong place often carries a high price.

2018年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

On the other hand, Tronick himself is concerned that the worries about kids use of screens are born out of an "oppressive ideology that demands that parents should always be interacting" with their children.

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The Boyle Family, on the other hand, stand for its dirty, urban aspect.

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

1. He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral.

他是由海军上将精心挑选出来担任这项工作的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Without warning, Bardo smacked his fist into his open hand.

巴多没有任何预兆地一拳砸在自己摊开的手掌上.

来自柯林斯例句

3. All this, needless to say, had been culled second-hand from radio reports.

不用说，所有这些都是从电台报道中采集来的二手材料。

来自柯林斯例句

4. They would like to hand over their financial affairs to another body.

他们想把自己的财务移交给另一个机构管理。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Sylvia, camera in hand, asked, "Where do we go first?"

西尔维娅手里拿着相机问道：“我们先去哪里？”

来自柯林斯例句