Underhand
['ʌndəhænd] or [,ʌndɚ'hænd]
解释:
(adj.) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; 'an underhand pitch'; 'an underhand stroke' .
整理:玛丽斯--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
(a.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
(adv.) By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.
(adv.) In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.
录入:帕特里斯
同义词及近义词：
ad. Secretly, privately, clandestinely, fraudulently, underhandedly.
a. Secret, sly, clandestine, disingenuous, unfair, fraudulent, underhanded.
录入:山姆
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Clandestine, furtive, dishonest, unfair, fraudulent, surreptitious
ANT:Openhanded, straightforward, fair, honest, undisguised
校对:卢瑟
解释:
adj. and adv. secretly: by secret means: by fraud: in cricket delivered with the hand underneath—opp. to Over-arm and Round-arm.—adj. Underhan′ded clandestinely carried on: short-handed.—adv. Underhan′dedly.—n. Underhan′dedness.
录入:梅林达
例句:
- She's an underhand little thing: I never saw a girl of her age with so much cover. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- In her hearing, the Sergeant, with his own underhand object in view, had appealed to my interest in Rosanna Spearman. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- But, you see, from the mother's breast the colored child feels and sees that there are none but underhand ways open to it. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- There is some underhand villainy at work to frighten my sister about her approaching marriage. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He always had his great indignation ready against anything underhand. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Then Pablo leaned forward, picked up the key and tossed it underhand to the guard at the door. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- You have not attempted to take any underhand advantage--you have not spoken to my sister in secret. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- You have taken your own mean, underhand view of an innocent deception practised on Lady Glyde for her own good. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- My good sir, said the old man, with quiet irony, Englishmen in their time have had to do just such underhand work. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
录入:梅林达