hands

英 [hændz]

美 [hændz]

n.  手; 用…手的; 用…只手的; 帮助; 协助
v.  交; 递; 给
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柯林斯词典

NOUN USES AND PHRASES 名词用法及短语

• N-COUNT 手
  Yourhandsare the parts of your body at the end of your arms. Each hand has four fingers and a thumb.
  1. I put my hand into my pocket and pulled out the letter...
     我把手伸进口袋，掏出了那封信。
  2. 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？”
• N-SING 作用;影响
  Thehandof someone or something is their influence in an event or situation.
  1. The hand of the military authorities can be seen in the entire electoral process...
     整个选举过程中都能看出军方的介入。
  2. The study will strengthen the hand of congressmen who want stricter enforcement of the 14-year-old Act.
     该研究将使那些希望更加严格执行这项已存在14年的法案的议员影响力加强。
• N-PLURAL 照顾;支配;掌管
  If you say that something isina particular person'shands, you mean that they are looking after it, own it, or are responsible for it.
  1. I feel that possibly the majority of these dogs are in the wrong hands...
     在我看来很可能这些狗大多数都没有人妥善照看。
  2. He is leaving his north London business in the hands of a colleague...
     他把自己伦敦北部的业务交给一位同事打理。
  3. We're in safe hands...
     我们的事会得到妥当处理的。
  4. The Government is openly encouraging the transfer of one of our greatest public buildings into private hands.
     政府在公开支持将我们最伟大的公共建筑之一转与私人管理。
• N-SING 帮助;援手
  If you ask someone fora handwith something, you are asking them to help you in what you are doing.
  1. I could see you'd want a hand with the children...
     我能看出你需要有人帮着照看孩子。
  2. Come and give me a hand in the garden...
     到花园里来帮我一把。
  3. We gave him a hand bringing it back.
     我们帮他把它弄了回来。
• N-COUNT （工厂或农场的）工人，体力劳动者（通常指男性）
  Ahandis someone, usually a man, who does hard physical work, for example in a factory or on a farm, as part of a group of people who all do similar work.
  1. He now works as a farm hand...
     他现在是一名农场工人。
  2. He met mill hands, miners and farm labourers.
     他见过工厂工人、矿工和农场工人。
• N-SING （通常指演出前后的）鼓掌，掌声
  If someone asks an audience to give someonea hand, they are asking the audience to clap loudly, usually before or after that person performs.
  1. Let's give 'em a big hand.
     让我们为他们热烈鼓掌。
• N-COUNT （女方的）允婚
  If a man asks for a woman'shand in marriage, he asks her or her parents for permission to marry her.
  1. He came to ask Usha's father for her hand in marriage.
     他来请求乌莎的父亲把女儿嫁给他。
• N-COUNT （纸牌游戏中的）手中的牌，一手牌
  In a game of cards, yourhandis the set of cards that you are holding in your hand at a particular time or the cards that are dealt to you at the beginning of the game.
  1. He carefully inspected his hand.
     他仔细地审视着自己手中的牌。
• N-COUNT 一手之宽（测量马匹高度的单位，等于4英寸）
  Ahandis a measurement of four inches, which is used for measuring the height of a horse from its front feet to its shoulders.
  1. I had a very good 14.2 hands pony, called Brandy.
     我有一匹很棒的14.2手高的小马，名叫布朗迪。
• （钟表上的）指针
  Thehandsof a clock or watch are the thin pieces of metal or plastic that indicate what time it is.
• N-SING 字迹;手迹;笔迹
  Yourhandis the style in which you write with a pen or pencil.
  1. The manuscripts were written in the composer's own hand.
     手稿是作曲家亲笔写的。
• PHRASE （空间或时间上）接近的，不远的
  If something isat hand,near at hand, orclose at hand, it is very near in place or time.
  1. Having the right equipment at hand will be enormously helpful...
     手头上有合适的设备将会帮上大忙。
  2. Realizing that his retirement was near at hand, he looked for some additional income.
     意识到自己快要退休了，他想要挣些外快。
• PREP-PHRASE 在…手中，从…那里（尤指受到不好的待遇）
  If someone experiences a particular kind of treatment, especially unpleasant treatment,at the hands ofa person or organization, they receive it from them.
  1. The civilian population were suffering greatly at the hands of the security forces.
     老百姓吃尽了安全部队的苦头。
• PHRASE 用手工
  If you do somethingby hand, you do it using your hands rather than a machine.
  1. Each pleat was stitched in place by hand.
     每条褶裥都是手工缝制到位的。
• PHRASE 变换所有权;易主;易手
  When somethingchanges hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
  1. The firm has changed hands many times over the years.
     该公司多年来已几易其主。
• PHRASE 完全受（某人）支配;完全听命于（某人）
  If you have someoneeating out ofyourhand, they are completely under your control.
  1. Parker could have customers eating out of his hand.
     帕克能让顾客对自己言听计从。
• 连手带脚地，手脚一起地（捆绑）
  If someone is boundhand and foot, both their hands and both their feet are tied together.
• PHRASE 迫使（某人）提前行动（或公开其所作所为）
  If youforcesomeone'shand, you force them to act sooner than they want to, or to act in public when they would prefer to keep their actions secret.
  1. He blamed the press for forcing his hand.
     他指责新闻界迫使自己采取行动。
• PHRASE （为…）忙得不可开交;（因…）应接不暇
  If youhaveyourhands full withsomething, you are very busy because of it.
  1. She had her hands full with new arrivals.
     她忙于应付新来的人。
• PHRASE 自行决定权;自由行动权
  If someone gives youa free hand, they give you the freedom to use your own judgment and to do exactly as you wish.
  1. He gave Stephanie a free hand in the decoration.
     他放手让斯蒂芬妮全权负责装修一事。
• 迅速而大量地（赚钱或花钱）
  If you say that someone is making or losing moneyhand over fist, you mean that they are getting or losing a lot of money very quickly.
• PHRASE （通常指经过努力后）获得，得到
  If yougetyourhands onsomething orlayyourhands onsomething, you manage to find it or obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
  1. Patty began reading everything she could get her hands on.
     帕蒂开始阅读她能找到的所有东西。
• PHRASE （与某人）密切合作地
  If you workhand in glove withsomeone, you work very closely with them.
  1. The UN inspectors work hand in glove with the Western intelligence agencies.
     联合国观察员和西方情报机构之间密切合作。
• PHRASE （常指为表示爱意而）手拉手的，携着手的
  If two people arehand in hand, they are holding each other's nearest hand, usually while they are walking or sitting together. People often do this to show their affection for each other.
  1. I saw them making their way, hand in hand, down the path.
     我看到他们手拉手沿着小路往前走去。
• PHRASE （两件事）密切相关地，同时并进地
  If two thingsgo hand in hand, they are closely connected and cannot be considered separately from each other.
  1. For us, research and teaching go hand in hand...
     对我们而言，研究和教学是齐头并进的。
  2. Hand in hand with the police inquiries the government has also announced a full investigation.
     在警方调查的同时，政府也宣布要展开彻查。
• PHRASE 参加;参与
  If youhave a hand insomething such as an event or activity, you are involved in it.
  1. He thanked all who had a hand in his release.
     他向所有帮助自己获得释放的人表示感谢。
• PHRASE （统治者）用高压手段，严厉地
  If you say that someone such as the ruler of a country treats peoplewithaheavy hand, you are criticizing them because they are very strict and severe with them.
  1. Henry and Richard both ruled with a heavy hand.
     亨利和理查都用高压手段实行统治。
• PHR-RECIP （常指为表示爱意而）手拉手，牵手
  If two peopleare holding hands, they are holding each other's nearest hand, usually while they are walking or sitting together. People often do this to show their affection for each other.
  1. She approached a young couple holding hands on a bench.
     她走近一对手拉手坐在长椅上的年轻情侣。
• PHRASE 给…精神上的支持
  If you ask someone toholdyourhandat an event that you are worried about, you ask them to support you by being there with you.
  1. I don't need anyone to hold my hand.
     我不需要任何人的精神安慰。
• PHRASE （比赛）尚待进行
  In a competition, if someone has games or matchesin hand, they have more games or matches left to play than their opponent and therefore have the possibility of scoring more points.
  1. Wales are three points behind Romania in the group but have a game in hand.
     威尔士队在小组中以3分之差落后于罗马尼亚队，但他们还有一场比赛没踢。
• PHRASE （时间或金钱）宽余的
  If you have time or moneyin hand, you have more time or money than you need.
  1. Hughes finished with 15 seconds in hand.
     休斯提前了15秒完成。
• PHRASE （工作或问题）办理中的，处理中的
  The job or problemin handis the job or problem that you are dealing with at the moment.
  1. The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax.
     手头的生意似乎快到紧要关头了。
• PHRASE （局势）在控制下，在掌握中
  If a situation isin hand, it is under control.
  1. The Olympic organisers say that matters are well in hand.
     奥运会的组织方说各项事务都在掌控之中。
• PHRASE 偶尔练习以保持熟练
  If you do something tokeepyourhand in, you practise a skill or hobby occasionally in order to remain fairly good at it.
  1. He still plays keyboards for a local band to keep his hand in.
     他仍在一个本地乐队里担任键盘手，以免技艺生疏。
• PHRASE 趴着;四肢着地
  If you areonyourhands and knees, your knees and feet and the palms of your hands are touching the ground.
  1. Chris crawled on his hands and knees out onto the highway.
     克里斯手脚并用爬上了公路。
• PHRASE 向…伸出援手;给予…帮助
  If youlendsomeonea hand, you help them.
  1. I'd be glad to lend a hand.
     我很乐意帮忙。
• PHRASE （不客气的警告语）别碰…，别干涉…
  If you tell someone tokeeptheirhands offsomething or totaketheirhands offit, you are telling them in a rather aggressive way not to touch it or interfere with it.
  1. Keep your hands off my milk.
     不准打我的牛奶的主意。
• PHRASE 马上;立即;无需询问（或查证）
  If you do not know somethingoff hand, you do not know it without having to ask someone else or look it up in a book.
  1. I can't think of any off hand.
     我现在一个也想不出来。
• PHRASE 由…负责/不再由…负责
  If you have a problem or responsibilityonyourhands, you have to deal with it. If it isoffyourhands, you no longer have to deal with it.
  1. They now have yet another drug problem on their hands...
     他们现在又有个吸毒问题需要解决。
  2. She would like the worry of dealing with her affairs taken off her hands.
     她希望不再为处理自己的事务而烦恼。
• PHRASE 在手头;在近处;现有
  If someone or something ison hand, they are near and able to be used if they are needed.
  1. The Bridal Department will have experts on hand to give you all the help and advice you need...
     婚礼用品部会有现成的专家为您提供所需的一切帮助和建议。
  2. There was simply no cash on hand to meet the cost of food.
     手头实在没有现金可以购买食品。
• PHRASE 一方面…（另一方面…）
  You useon the one handto introduce the first of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something. It is always followed later byon the other handor 'on the other'.
  1. On the one hand, if the body doesn't have enough cholesterol, we would not be able to survive. On the other hand, if the body has too much cholesterol, the excess begins to line the arteries.
     一方面，如果体内没有足够的胆固醇，我们就无法存活下去。另一方面，如果体内胆固醇过高，多余的胆固醇就会附着在动脉内壁上。
• PHRASE （从）另一方面（来说）（用于引出相对照的另一点）
  You useon the other handto introduce the second of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something.
  1. Well, all right, hospitals lose money. But, on the other hand, if people are healthy, don't think of it as losing money; think of it as saving lives.
     嗯，好吧，医院是赔钱。但从另一个角度看，如果人们都健健康康的，就不能认为是在赔钱，而应该想成是在救死扶伤。

Do not confuseon the other handwithon the contrary.On the other handis used to state a different, often contrasting aspect of the situation you are considering.On the contraryis used to contradict someone, to say that they are wrong.He had no wish to hurt her. On the contrary, he thought of her with warmth and affection.
不要混淆 on the other hand 和 on the contrary。on the other hand 用于阐述前面所提到的情形中一个不同的、而且往往是形成对比的方面。on the contrary 则用于反驳某人，认为其是错误的，例如：He had no wish to hurt her. On the contrary, he thought of her with warmth and affection（他无意伤害她。相反，他一想起她心里就充满温暖和爱意）。

• PHRASE 失去控制;不可收拾
  If a person or a situation getsout of hand, you are no longer able to control them.
  1. His drinking had got out of hand.
     他酗酒的恶习已无法控制。
• PHRASE 立即，不假思索地（屏弃、拒绝等）
  If you dismiss or reject somethingout of hand, you do so immediately and do not consider believing or accepting it.
  1. I initially dismissed the idea out of hand.
     我起初不假思索地就否定了这个想法。
• PHRASE 因失算而让…占便宜;做对…有利的事
  If youplay intosomeone'shands, you do something which they want you to do and which places you in their power.
  1. He is playing into the hands of racists.
     他这样做正中种族主义分子的下怀。
• PHRASE 摊牌;亮出底牌;表明自己的真实意图
  If youshowyourhand, you show how much power you have and the way you intend to act.
  1. He has grown more serious about running for president, although he refuses to show his hand.
     尽管他拒绝亮出自己的底牌，他对竞选总统一事却越来越认真了。
• PHRASE （尤指为有所改善）接手，照管，担任起对…的责任
  If youtakesomething or someonein hand, you take control or responsibility over them, especially in order to improve them.
  1. I hope that Parliament will soon take the NHS in hand...
     我希望议会能很快接管国民医疗保健系统。
  2. He had thought her worth taking in hand.
     他曾经认为照管她是值得的。
• PHRASE （因愤怒、绝望或厌恶而）骤然举起双手
  If someonethrows uptheirhands, they express their anger, frustration, or disgust when a situation becomes so bad that they can no longer accept it.
  1. She threw up her hands in despair...
     她绝望地举起双手表示放弃。
  2. Or are they just going to throw up their hands and say you're asking too much?
     或许他们只会愤怒地挥舞着双手说你的要求太过分了？
• PHRASE 受到束缚;放不开手脚
  If you say that yourhands are tied, you mean that something is preventing you from acting in the way that you want to.
  1. Politicians are always saying that they want to help us but their hands are tied...
     政客们总是说想帮助我们，但却身不由己。
  2. Her hands were tied by the way that the US constitution is structured.
     她为美国宪法的表述缚住了手脚。
• PHRASE 在手边;在附近
  If you have somethingto handornear to hand, you have it with you or near you, ready to use when needed.
  1. You may want to keep this brochure safe, so you have it to hand whenever you may need it.
     你应该保管好这份手册，这样随时想用都能马上在手边找到。
• PHRASE （通常指初次）尝试，试身手
  If youtryyourhand atan activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.
  1. After he left school, he tried his hand at a variety of jobs—bricklayer, cinema usher, coal man.
     离开学校后，他尝试过各种工作，如泥瓦匠、电影院引座员、运煤工。
• PHRASE 着手学做
  If youturnyourhand tosomething such as a practical activity, you learn about it and do it for the first time.
  1. ...a person who can turn his hand to anything.
     什么事都能学着做的人
• PHRASE 洗手不干;不再管;和…断绝关系
  If youwashyourhands ofsomeone or something, you refuse to be involved with them any more or to take responsibility for them.
  1. He seems to have washed his hands of the job.
     那份工作他好像已经洗手不干了。
• 轻易取胜
  If youwin hands down, you win very easily.
• See also:hand-to-mouth

VERB USES 动词用法

• VERB 递;交;给
  If youhandsomethingtosomeone, you pass it to them.
  1. He handed me a little rectangle of white paper...
     他递给我一张小小的长方形白纸片。
  2. He took a thick envelope from an inside pocket and handed it to me.
     他从内侧口袋里掏出一只厚信封递给我。
• PHRASE 你不得不佩服…
  You say things such as 'You have to hand it to her' or 'You've got to hand it to them' when you admire someone for their skills or achievements and you think they deserve a lot of praise.
  1. You've got to hand it to Melissa, she certainly gets around.
     你不得不佩服梅利莎，她到哪里都吃得开。

英英释义

noun

• (with `in') guardianship over
  1. my fate is in your hands
  2. too much power in the president's hands
  3. your guests are now in my custody
  4. the mother was awarded custody of the children
  Synonym:custody
• the force of workers available
  Synonym:work forceworkforcemanpowermen

双语例句

• His hands balled into fists
  他攥起了拳头。
• She warmly extended both hands towards us.
  她热情地向我们伸出了双手。
• He seems to have washed his hands of the job.
  那份工作他好像已经洗手不干了。
• She had small hands with nails painted bright red.
  她的手很小，指甲涂成了鲜红色。
• He smudged the paper with his dirty hands.
  他的脏手把报纸弄脏了。
• Cartoonists have pitched in with their favourites from their own and other hands
  漫画家拿出了他们最喜爱的出自自己和他人之手的作品。
• How can you expect to win confidence of the people unless you come to them with clean hands.
  你如何能赢得人民的信任，除非你以廉洁之身和他们打交道。
• The branches tore at my jacket and scratched my hands and face
  树枝刮破了我的夹克，划伤了我的手和脸。
• Surgeons began to scrub their hands and arms with soap and water before operating
  外科医生们在做手术前开始用肥皂和水清洗双手和胳膊。
• My hands are chapped.
  我的手皲了。