英语词汇“hand”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

idiomhand► not do a hand's turn► put/stick your hand into your pocket dig/dip into your pocketbite the hand that feeds youto criticize or behave in an ungrateful way towards a person or organization that has helped or supported you:Lecturers are hardly likely to bite the hand that feeds them by pointing out the flaws in the institution.Biting the hand that feeds her, Cherie Diez sued the radio station for a share in the profits of the show that made her famous.be caught with your hand in the cookie jar AmEAmEto be caught doing something wrong or illegal, usually something involving money:The government was willing to win at all costs and got caught with its hand in the cookie jar.When you're caught with your hand in the cookie jar, you apologize and take responsibility. You don't lie about what you've done.be caught with your hand/fingers in the till BrEBrE(also have your hand/fingers in the till)used in order to say that someone has been caught stealing money from the place where they work, for quite a long time, without anyone noticing:I began to suspect that Collins had his hand in the till, and I wondered how I could prove it.Maxwell was not the only boss to be caught with his fingers in the till.sb can do sth with one hand tied behind his/her backused in order to emphasize that someone can do something very easily:I could beat him with one hand tied behind my back."Are you really going to try for Rachel's job?" "Of course. I can do it with one hand tied behind my back." —see also do sth with one hand tied behind your backcome (readily) to hand BrEBrEnear and easy to find or reach:Organise your wardrobe so that the most useful items are most readily to hand.I didn't have time to think - I smashed the window with the nearest thing that came to hand. —see also have/keep sth (ready) to handbe a dab hand at/with sthto be good at doing or using something:I'm quite a dab hand with a hammer and nails - I can help fix the floor, if you like.If you're a dab hand at organising and have some spare time, why not help with our Comic Relief fund-raising night?the dead hand ofused about an idea or system that has prevented progress and development in a country, organization, business etc:Many teachers claim that the dead hand of bureaucracy is hindering their work.The revolution lifted the dead hand of repression, but it also released long-suppressed ethnic tensions in certain regions.do sth with one hand tied behind your back(also do sth with your hands tied behind your back)to try to do something in spite of a disadvantage that makes it difficult for you to succeed:Police are fighting car crime with few officers and one hand tied behind their backs.The President promised that he wouldn't send soldiers to fight with one hand tied behind their backs. —see also sb can do sth with one hand tied behind his/her backa firm handstrict strict control of someone or something:It would have been a totally different game if the referee had taken a firm hand from the start.Those kids of his just run wild - what they need is a firm hand.(at) first hand(also first-hand AmE)if you see, experience, or learn about something at first hand, you find out about it by direct personal experience:Students now have the opportunity to experience the world of engineering at first hand.I learned first-hand what a difference a good nurse can make when I was in the hospital for a back operation.first-hand: Friedman's book is based on first-hand accounts given by witnesses to the plane crash.force sb's handto make someone do something when they are unwilling, or sooner than they wanted to do it:I was trying to decide what to do about admitting my mistake, when McKay forced my hand.Caroline says she didn't force her husband's hand when he began to think about resigning, but she's glad he has done it.get out of handto become difficult or impossible to control:Counsellors said that male students are usually reluctant to discuss their personal problems before they get out of hand.That's my one regret - that the situation got out of hand.get/gain/have the upper handto get or have more power that someone or something else, and be able to control in a situation:The wind finally stopped, allowing firefighters to get the upper hand against the forest fire.If the government restricts our trading, this will enable our competitors to gain the upper hand.The rebels appear to have the upper hand in fighting along the border.give sb a big handspoken used in order to ask an audience to show their approval of someone by clappingmaking a noise by hitting their hands together:Tonight we have a new young singer, Stephen Pirelli - give him a big hand, ladies and gentlemen.Let's have a big hand for Goma and his jazz band!give sb a free handto allow someone to do something in the way that they choose, without telling them what to do:The board gave me a free hand with recruitment, and promised to support any decision I made.The President relied on his personal secretary to make his life easier and gives her a free hand in arranging the details of his life.sb has a free hand: Wakerly has a free hand in producing the magazine's pictures, stories, and page designs.give/lend sb a hand(also lend a hand)to help someone who is trying to do something:Right, give me a hand with this rubbish - it's all got to go to the dump.Steve came over to see if he could lend a hand after we had the fire.We have a special offer on wallpaper, which includes giving people a helping hand in putting it up.sb needs a hand: We'll need a hand with the piano. Can you find someone to help?go hand in hand (with)used in order to say that two things are closely related and must be considered together:For 20 years, inflation and housing prices have gone hand in hand.Youth doesn't usually go hand in hand with experience. —see also work hand in hand (with)hand in glove1 BrE used in order to emphasize that someone is closely involved with someone else, especially in a bad or illegal activity:Both men were working hand in glove with extremist organizations.Big business and the government are hand in glove, and neither wants wages to rise.hand-in-glove: Popular Italian songs are hand-in-glove naturals for Pavarotti.2 AmE (also hand-in-glove) used in order to say that two things are very suitable for each other, or work very well together:Glass's Eastern-inspired music fits the Indian theme of his opera hand in glove.We need to develop an arms control program that moves hand-in-glove with the settlement of political issues.the hand of God BrEBrEvery good luck, or a bit of cheating, that helps someone to succeed, especially in a game of football:Fry needed the hand of God to evade Martin in goal.We've had some proposals that looked good, but even with the hand of God, they wouldn't work.have sb eating out of (the palm of) your handused in order to emphasize that someone is willing to do whatever you want them to do:Young and beautiful, Lamour soon had Hollywood eating out of her hand.Richards hoped to have the chairman eating out of the palm of his hand, if his new proposal was approved by the board.have a hand in (doing) sthto be involved in doing or making something:Families in the area now have a hand in controlling their environment, and they are working together to help each other.Thorpe is a gifted young architect who's had a hand in restoring 21 houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.have/keep sth (ready) to hand BrEBrEhave/keep sth on hand AmEto be sure that something is near you or available to be used :I promised you last week that I'd tell you about the competition this week, but I'm afraid I don't have full details to hand.I always kept a little extra cash on hand, in case of emergencies.have the whip hand (over sb) BrEBrEto be able to control someone because you have more power than them:The kidnappers might get over-confident if they think they have the whip hand.The power to dissolve Parliament gives the Prime Minister the whip hand over other members of the government.the heavy hand (of)(also a heavy hand)used about great power someone has over people, which is used in a severe or unfair way:Political opposition struggled to survive under the heavy hand of the secret police.Sykes was known in the department for having a heavy hand. Few of his employees stayed more than a year or two.hold sb's handto help someone in an unfamiliar or frightening situation:With easy-to-follow instructions, Delia's cookbook holds your hand throughout the preparation of Christmas dinner.You'll do a great job, Loretta - you don't need someone to hold your hand or make decisions for you.hand-holding: Software customers have to choose whether they want high performance and hand-holding, or basic goods at a low price. keep your hand into practise a skill so that you do not lose it:Peterson files a few news reports just to keep his hand in, but his real purpose is to collect material for a book."One of your drawings?" Schmit nodded. "I like to keep my hand in."live (from) hand to mouthused in order to emphasize that someone has very little money, and can only afford to buy the basic things that they need:Don't tell me not to worry - I'm 28 years old and I'm still living from hand to mouth.There are a lot of former hockey players living hand to mouth who could use an extra $200 a month.hand-to-mouth: I could hardly ask Helen to marry me and share my hand-to-mouth existence.sb needs a hand: —see give/lend sb a handbe an old hand (at sth)experienced to be very good at something because you have been doing it for a long time:By the following day, I was feeling quite an old hand at video making.Carole, the leader, was the first to arrive at base camp, and it was obvious from the way she talked that she was an old hand.be on handto be in a place at a particular time, often when something special or unusual is happening, in order to watch or help if you are needed ◆ often used in newspapers, on television news etc:The health advisor will be on hand from 11.30 - 1.30 at the Colchester Information Centre to give advice and answer your questions.Several Hollywood stars including Willis and his wife Demi Moore were on hand to watch the ceremony.on the other handdifferent used when you are saying something that is different from or opposite to the idea or fact that you have just mentioned:Theater is so demanding - TV work, on the other hand, I love.On a wet winter's day the sea is at its roughest, absolutely breathtaking. In summer, on the other hand, the sea is a beautiful dark blue with the sun glistening on its surface.reject/dismiss sth out of handto decide at once, not to accept an idea, argument, plan etc, and spend no time thinking about it:The idea for a new road was rejected out of hand because we didn't think it would help the traffic problem at all.Wagner's explanations of the universe were dismissed out of hand by other scientists.the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing(also the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing)used in order to say that there is not enough communication in an organization, so that different parts of it do not work together as they should:Because the right hand didn't know what the left hand was doing, I was asked to pay for medical treatment, when I was entitled to receive it free. We've already filled in those forms. It's the left hand not finding out what the right's doing again. show/tip your handto let other people know your plans in a situation where this might give them an advantage, for example when you are competing:The general always waited for his enemies to show their hand before committing his forces.There's no need to tip our hand at this stage of the negotiations.

NoteIf you show your hand in a game of cards, you let other people see which cards you are holding. This gives them the advantage of knowing what you are likely to do next in the game.

a steady/firm hand on the tiller BrEBrEused to say that a, country, business, organization etc is being controlled and led in a sensible way without any sudden changes, especially in difficult times :We must hope that the Government appreciates the City's need for a firm hand on the tiller.The new director has promised to face the future with an optimistic outlook and a steady hand on the tiller.take a hand (in sth) BrEBrEto become involved in an activity or to help to achieve a particular result:Estate agents were not the only people who caused the rising house-prices of the eighties; the government also took a hand.Emily's fear of her father had prevented her from taking a hand in the business before now.take sb/sth in hand1 to try to control someone and improve their behaviour:Sullivan had only one month to take the blind girl in hand and teach her to communicate.Women were always taking Jim in hand, trying to make him into the man they thought he should be.2 to take responsibility for a situation or problem and deal with it:We've asked the solicitor to take the matter in hand, so we must wait for his instructions.If there was trouble with lads misbehaving, the local policeman took it in hand and sorted it out.try your hand at sthto try doing something that you have never done before, in order to find out if you can do it and like it:Hailwood first tried his hand at Formula One racing, but without much success.More and more actors are trying their hand at directing films.turn your hand to sthto start doing something that is different from what you usually do:Jessell was a music teacher, who turned his hand to writing while recovering from an illness.If you work in a small advertising agency, you have to be able to turn your hand to anything that needs doing.wait on sb hand and footto do everything for another person to make them comfortable, while they do nothing at all:Come here and sit down - I don't want you waiting on me hand and foot.Having been waited on hand and foot all his life, Charles just assumed his wife would continue the routine.work hand in hand (with)if two groups work hand in hand, they work closely together in order to achieve something:Police have realized that they have to work hand-in-hand with local people to make neighborhoods safer to live in.Wildlife conservation groups have been working hand in hand with the government to save the elephants. —see also go hand in hand (with)wring sb's handto greet someone or say goodbye to them by holding their hand tightly and shaking it a lot, especially when this is surprising or annoying to the person :He wrung my hand for about five minutes and told me how much pleasure the meeting had given him."Phil, good to meet you," said David, wringing his hand and blowing cigar smoke into his face. —compare wring your handsyou/I have to hand it to sb(also you've/I've got to hand it to sb)spoken said when someone has done something very well, although they have not been completely successful, or when you do not approve of other things they have done:You have to hand it to Dennis - he played an incredible game under a lot of pressure.Lucy, I've got to hand it to you, you started badly but you've finished in the lead, with 50 points.

hand (someone) (something)

To pass or give something to someone directly. I took a cupcake and then handed my mom the plate. Hand Ed this envelope, will you? You'll see him before I do.

hand someone something

Fig. to tell someone something; to tell someone nonsense. Don't hand me that stuff! That's silly! She handed me a line about being a famous author.

HAND

verb

See Have a nice day

See:

(from) hand to mouth
(one) only has one pair of hands
(one's) (hand)writing is like chicken scratch
(one's) hands are clean
(one's) hands are full
(one's) hands are tied
(one's) life is in (someone's) hands
(one's) only got one pair of hands
(someone's) blood is on (one's) hands
(with) hat in hand
a big hand
a bird in hand
a bird in the hand
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
a dab hand
a fine Italian hand
a firm hand
a free hand
a hand in
a hand in (something)
a hand like a foot
a hand with
a hand with (something)
a hand's turn
a heavy hand
a helping hand
a hot hand
a pair of hands
a safe pair of hands
a show of hands
a steady hand on the tiller
all hands
all hands and the cook
all hands on deck
all hands to the pumps
an iron fist
an iron fist/hand
an iron hand
an iron hand in a velvet glove
an old hand
ask (someone) for (one's) hand
ask for/win somebody's hand
at first hand
at hand
at second hand
at the hand of
at the hand(s) of (someone or something)
at the hands of somebody
at the hands of someone
avocado hand
back of one's hand
back of one's hand, to give (someone) the
bare hands, with one's
be a dab hand
be a dab hand at
be a dab hand at something/at doing something
be able to count (someone or something) on one hand
be able to count (someone or something) on the fingers of one hand
be able to count somebody/something on one hand
be good with (one's) hands
be good with your hands
be in (one's) hands
be in hand
be in safe hands
be like putty in someone's hands
be on hand
be out of (one's) hands
be putty in (one's) hands
be rubbing (one's) hands (with glee)
be rubbing your hands
be rubbing your hands with glee
be wringing (one's) hands
be wringing your hands
bear a hand
beat (someone) hands down
big hand
bind (one) hand and foot
bind someone hand and foot
bind/tie somebody hand and foot
bird in the hand
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
bird in the hand, a
bite the hand that feeds
bite the hand that feeds (you)
bite the hand that feeds one
bite the hand that feeds you
bite the hand that feeds you, to
bottom hand
bound hand and foot
by (one's) own fair hand(s)
by (one's) own hand
by a show of hands
by hand
can count on the fingers of one hand
can’t find one’s butt with both hands
can’t find one’s butt with both hands in broad daylight
can't find (one's) butt with both hands
can't find (one's) butt with both hands in broad daylight
can't find butt with both hands
can't keep (one's) hands off (someone)
can't see (one's) hand in front of (one's) face
can't see hand in front of face
cap in hand
carry fire in one hand and water in the other
cash in hand
catch (one) with (one's) hand in the cookie jar
catch (one) with (one's) hand in the till
catch someone with their hand in the cookie jar
caught with (one's) hand in the cookie jar
change hands
clean hands, have
close at hand
close only counts in horseshoes (and hand grenades)
close to hand
Cold hands, warm heart
come cap in hand
copy out (by hand)
could (do something) with one hand tied behind (one's) back
count (something) on the fingers of one hand
count something on the fingers of one hand
cup (one's) hands together
cup hands together
Dead Man's Hand
deal in
devil finds work for idle hands to do
die by (one's) own hand
die by own hand
dirty (one's) hands
dirty one's hands
dishpan hands
dismiss (someone or something) out of hand
do something with one hand behind your back
don't bite the hand that feeds (you)
don't hand me that line
don't hand me that story
eat out of (one's) hand
eat out of hand
eat out of someone's hand
eat out of someone's hand, to
extra pair of hands
fall into (someone or something's) hands
fall into somebody's hands/the hands of somebody
fall into someone's hands
fall into the hands of (someone or something)
fall into the wrong hands
feed someone a line
fill (one's) hand
find (one) with (one's) hand in the till
firm hand
firm hand on the tiller
first hand
fling (one's) hands up
fling (one's) hands up in (some emotion)
fling up (one's) hands
fling up (one's) hands in (some emotion)
fold (one's) hands
fold hands
force (one's) hand
force hand
force somebody's hand
force someone's hand
free hand
from hand to hand
from my cold, dead hands
gain the upper hand
get (one's) hand in (something)
get (one's) hands dirty
get (one's) hands off (something or someone)
get (one's) hands on (someone)
get (one's) hands on (something)
get a free hand
get a hand (with something)
get a hand on (something)
get hands dirty and dirty hands; soil hands
get into the wrong hands
get out of hand
get the upper hand
get the whip hand
get your hand in
get your hands dirty
get your hands on someone
get your hands on something
get, have, etc. a free hand
get, have, gain, etc. the upper hand
get, have, hold, etc. the whip hand
get/lay your hands on somebody
get/lay your hands on something
give (one) a big hand
give (one) a free hand
give (one) the glad hand
give (someone or something) a hand
give (someone) the back of (one's) hand
give a hand
give somebody a big hand
give somebody a hand
give someone a big hand
give someone the glad hand
give with one hand and take away with the other
glad hand
glad-hand
go cap in hand
go cap in hand (to someone)
go cap in hand to someone
go hand in hand
go hang yourself
go hat in hand to (someone)
go hat in hand to someone
grease (one's) hand
grease someone's palm
hand
hand (one) (one's) head
hand (one) (something) on a plate
hand (one) a lemon
hand (someone) (something)
hand (something) to (one) on a (silver) platter
hand (something) to (someone) on a plate
hand and foot
hand and glove
hand around
hand back
hand back to (someone)
hand down
hand down from (someone) to (one)
hand down from to
hand in
hand in (one's) dinner pail
hand in (one's) notice
hand in glove
hand in hand
hand in the till, with one's
hand in your dinner pail
Hand it over
hand it to
hand it to (someone)
hand it to someone
hand job
hand off
hand off to (someone)
hand on
hand on the baton
hand on the torch
hand out
hand over
hand over fist
hand over hand
hand over the baton
hand over the reins
hand someone a lemon
hand someone something
hand someone something on a plate
hand something to somebody on a plate
hand that rocks the cradle, the
hand to
hand to (one)
hand to hand
hand to mouth
hand to mouth, exist/live from
hand to mouth, from
hand to on a silver platter
hand up
hand up (to someone)
hand-in-glove
hand-me-down
hands are tied
hands are tied, my/one's
hands down
hands off
Hands off!
hands up
Hands up!
hands-on
hand-to-mouth
handwaving
hat in hand
hat in hand, to go/with
have (got) to hand it to (someone)
have (hand)writing like chicken scratch
have (one's) fingers in the till
have (one's) hand in (something)
have (one's) hand in the cookie jar
have (one's) hand in the till
have (one's) hand out
have (one's) hands full
have (one's) hands on (something)
have (one's) hands tied
have (someone or something) on (one's) hands
have (someone) eating out of (one's) hand
have (someone) eating out of the palm of (one's) hand
have (someone) in the palm of (one's) hand
have (someone's) blood on (one's) hands
have (something) in (one's) hands
have (something) in hand
have (something) well in hand
have a free hand
have a hand in
have a hand in (something)
have a hand in something
have a hand like a foot
Have a nice day
have at fingertips
have blood on hands
have blood on your hands
have clean hands
have hand in
have hand in the till
have hands full
have hands tied
have in hand
have in hands
have on hands
have one's hands full
have one's hands full, to
have somebody eating out of your hand
have somebody in the palm of your hand
have someone eating out of your hand
have someone in the palm of your hand
have the upper hand
have the whip hand
have time on (one's) hands
have time on hands
have time on your hands
have to hand it to
have to hand it to somebody
have to hand it to someone
have your fingers/hand in the till
have your hand in the till
have your hands full
have/take a hand in something/in doing something
heavy hand
heavy hand, with a
helping hand
hired hand
hold (one's) hand
hold (someone) in the palm of (one's) hand
hold hand
hold somebody's hand
hold someone's hand
hold the whip hand
I have only got one pair of hands
I only have one pair of hands
idle hands are the devil's playthings
idle hands are the devil's tools
idle hands are the devil's workshop
if ifs and ands were pots and pans
in (one's) hands
in good hands
in hand
in one's hands
in safe hands
in safe/good hands
in the hands of
in the hands of (someone)
in the hands of somebody
in the hollow of (one's) hand
in the hollow of your hand
in the palm of (one's) hand
in the palm of your hand
in your hands
iron hand
iron hand (in a velvet glove), to rule with an
I've only got one pair of hands
join hands
keep (one's) hand in (something)
keep (one's) hands clean
keep (one's) hands off (something or someone)
keep hand in
keep hands off
keep hands to
keep one's hand in
keep your hand in
Keep your hands to yourself
know (something) like the back of (one's) hand
know like a book
know like the palm of hand
know something like the back of your hand
lay (one's) hands on (someone or something)
lay a hand on (one)
lay hands on
leave (someone or something) in (one's) hands
leave (someone or something) in the hands of (one)
leave in hands
left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, the
lend (one) a hand
lend (someone) a hand
lend a hand
lend a hand with
lend a hand with (something)
lie in
lift (one's) hand against (someone)
lift a hand
lift/raise a hand against somebody
live from hand to mouth
live hand to mouth
lose money hand over fist
make (something) by (one's) own fair hand(s)
make (something) with (one's) own fair hand(s)
make money hand over fist
make, etc. something by/with your own fair hand
make/lose money hand over fist
Many hands make light work
near at hand
near to hand
not dirty (one's) hands
not dirty your hands
not do a hand's turn
not lift a finger
not lift a hand
off (one's) hands
off hands
off somebody's hands
off someone's hands
off your hands
oil (one's) hand
old hand
old hand at something
on (one's) hands
on (one's) hands and knees
on all hands
on either hand
on either/every hand
on every hand
on hand
on one hand
on one hand...on the other...
on one's hands
on somebody's hands
on someone's hands
on the one hand
on the other hand
on your hands
on your hands and knees
one hand for (oneself) and one (hand) for the ship
One hand for oneself and one for the ship
one hand washes the other
one hand washes the other (and both wash the face)
out of (one's) hands
out of control
out of hand
out of hands
out of somebody's hands
out of your hands
overplay (one's) hand
overplay your hand
pair of hands
pass in
pass the baton
pass the torch
play (right) into (one's) hands
play (right) into the hands of (one)
play into hands
play into somebody's hands
play into someone's hands
play into the hands of
play the hand (one) is dealt
put (one's) hand in (one's) pocket
put (one's) hand into (one's) pocket
put (one's) hand on (one's) heart
put (one's) hand to (something)
put (one's) hand to the plough
put (one's) hand to the plow
put (one's) hand up
put (one's) hands on (someone or something)
put (one's) hands together (for someone or something)
put (one's) hands up
put hand to the plow
put hand up
put hands on
put up (one's) hand
put your hand in your pocket
put your hand in/into your pocket
put your hand to the plough
put your hands together
put your hands together for someone
put your hands up
putty in (one's) hands
putty in hands
putty in somebody's hands
putty in someone's hands
putty in your hands
raise (one's) hand
raise (one's) hand against (someone)
raise a hand
raise a hand against
raise a hand against (one)
read the (hand)writing on the wall
reject (someone or something) out of hand
reject out of hand
reveal (one's) hand
right-hand man
rub (one's) hands
rub hands
rub one's hands
rub your hands
rule with a rod of iron/with an iron hand
rule with an iron hand
rule with an iron hand/rod, to
run fingers through hair
safe pair of hands