| 释义 |
ˈweak-ˈhanded, a.
1. Having weak hands; fig. not capable of effective exertion.
1539Bible (Great) 2 Sam. xvii. 2 And I wyll come vpon hym, whyle he is werye and weake handed. 1868C. M. Yonge Cameos I. iv. 27 Crimes were committed which he had no power to restrain, and, weak-handed and bewildered, he seems to have acted in great matters [etc.].
2. = short-handed a.2 2.
1817J. Bradbury Trav. 292 This mode is called girdling, and is only resorted to by those who, to use their own phrase, are weak-handed. 1836Marryat Pirate xvi, We certainly may defend the schooner from the shore as well as on board; but we are weak-handed. |