“handless”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

handless

释义

handless, a.|ˈhændlɪs|
[f. hand n.¹ + -less.]
1. Without hands; deprived of hands.
1483Cath. Angl. 173/2 Handles, mancus, mancatus.1588Shakes. Tit. A. iii. i. 67 What accursed hand Hath made thee handlesse in thy Fathers sight?1607Day Trav. Eng. Bro. (1881) 87 For which thou shalt go handless to thy graue.1867Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Oct. 428 There is no such thing as a dumb poet or a handless painter.
2. fig. Not doing, or not able to do, anything with the hands; incapable or incompetent with the hands, or in action. Obs. exc. dial.
1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iv. xxxii. 81 Wherfor is he nought handeles, for he hath full power to helpen and comforten all.c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxvi. ii, The mighty handlesse grew as men that slumbered.a1658J. Durham Expos. Rev. vii. (1680) 34 Believers have not a handlesse Mediator.1854Phemie Millar 28 You are truly a poor handless thing.1897Barrie Margaret Ogilvy 128 He is most terribly handless.

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