| 释义 |
ˈbarehanded, a. and adv.
[see bare a. 6.]
Having nothing in or covering the hands, esp. carrying no weapon.
c1440Lyfe of Ipom. 2057 They hewyd the gloves of his hand; All bare-handyd faught þis knyght. 1874Cleasby & Vigfusson Icelandic–Eng. Dict. 60/2 Ber-hendr, adj. bare⁓handed. 1895Educ. Rev. Sept. 125 The civilized man has no superiority over the savage in bare-handed strength. 1919F. Hurst Humoresque 142 I'll go barehanded to a snowball feast rather than wear your duds. 1930G. Surrey Shack in Coulee xi. 93 His revolver was still in its holster. He was barehanded. 1949N. Lloyd Young Liberators ii. 32 There are lots of tricks for fighting barehanded. 1958Times 3 Dec. 5/1 Lilani Daka, a villager, went to the hut with a gun, but finding that it was not loaded he attacked the lion barehanded. |