Palm

[pɑːm] or [pɑm]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.

(noun.) any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves.

(noun.) a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand.

手打:玛吉--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

(n.) A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.

(n.) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.

(n.) The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.

(n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

(n.) Any endogenous tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree.

(n.) A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.

(n.) Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.

(v. t.) To handle.

(v. t.) To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.

(v. t.) To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off.

弗雷迪手打

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Conceal in the palm (as a juggler).[2]. Impose (by fraud), obtrude, pass off.

錄入:特德

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Trophy, prize, crown, laurels, bays

ANT:Brand, stigma, shame, blot

艾弗里校對

解釋/意思:

branchless tree of many varieties bearing at the summit large leaves like the palm of the hand: a leaf of this tree borne in token of rejoicing or of victory: (fig.) triumph or victory.—adjs. Palmā′ceous belonging to the order of palm-trees; Palmā′rian Pal′mary worthy of the palm: pre-eminent.—ns. Palm′-butt′er palm-oil; Palm′ery a place for growing palms; Palm′house a glass house for raising palms and other tropical plants.—adjs. Palmif′erous producing palm-trees; Palmit′ic pertaining to or obtained from palm-oil.—ns. Pal′mitine a white fat usually occurring when crystallised from ether in the form of scaly crystals—abundant in palm-oil; Palm′-oil an oil or fat obtained from the pulp of the fruit of palms esp. of the oil-palm allied to the coco-nut palm: (slang) a bribe or tip; Palm′-sū′gar jaggery; Palm′-Sun′day the Sunday before Easter in commemoration of the day on which our Saviour entered Jerusalem when palm-branches were strewed in His way by the people; Palm′-wine the fermented sap of certain palms.—adj. Palm′y bearing palms: flourishing: victorious.—Palma Christi the castor-oil plant.

or to its length from wrist to finger-tip: a measure of 3 and sometimes of 4 inches: that which covers the palm: the fluke of an anchor: the flattened portion of an antler.—v.t. to stroke with the palm or hand: to conceal in the palm of the hand: (esp. with off and on or upon) to impose by fraud.—n. Pal′ma the palm: the enlarged proximal joint of the fore tarsus of a bee.—adjs. Pal′mar -y relating to the palm of the hand; Pal′māte -d shaped like the palm of the hand: (bot.) divided into sections the midribs of which run to a common centre: entirely webbed as the feet of a duck.—adv. Pal′mātely.—adjs. Palmat′ifid (bot.) shaped like the hand with the divisions extending half-way or slightly more down the leaf; Palmat′iform shaped like an open palm; Palmed having palms.

編輯:塞格雷