dead-handn.

Forms: Also dead hand.

Etymology: < dead adj. + hand n., after Anglo-Norman mortmain mortmain v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdead-hand.

a. = mortmain v. (of which it is a translation).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > mortmain

mainmortea1387

mortmain1464

dead-hand1615

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 131 Þei wolle not cesse til alle be conquerid in-to here dede hondis.]

1615 Bp. J. Hall Imprese of God ii, in Recoll. Treat. 672 What liberall reuenues..were then put into (mort-maine) the dead-hand of the Church.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Ad quod damnum The Land so given, is said to fall into a Dead hand. For a Body Politick dies not, nor can perform personal service to the King, or their Mesne Lords, as single Persons may do.

1879 J. Morley Burke (1880) 162 Forty-thousand serfs in the gorges of the Jura, who were held in dead-hand by the Bishop of Saint-Claude.

1880 A. J. Wilson in Macmillan's Mag. 469 That benevolence of the ‘dead hand’, which corrupts and blights all its victims.

b. figurative. An oppressive and retarding influence. Cf. mortmain n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindering or retarding > that which or one who > hindering or retarding influence

dead-hand1935

1871 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 19/1 The dead hand of Wesley has been stronger than the living hand of any pope.]

1935 Discovery Oct. 301/2 This cannot fairly be described as the ‘dead hand’ of the National Trust.

1955 Times 29 June 11/2 He would have fought the Government dead hand which fantastically enforces small papers ten years after the war.

1971 Daily Tel. 25 June (Colour Suppl.) 13/3 Eisenhower's dead hand on space was an obvious electoral issue for the two incoming presidential candidates to seize on.

2. colloquial. An expert (at doing something).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skilful person > expert

grand master1590

adept1674

dab1691

dabster1708

dab hand1828

dead-hand1848

ringer1848

expert1853

skull1880

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs vii. 31 He is a dead hand at piquet.

1862 G. O. Trevelyan Interludes in Verse & Prose (1905) 181 A young member of the Secretariat, a dead hand at a minute.

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. xv. 194 First-rate work it was, too; he was always a dead hand at splitting.

Derivatives

dead-ˈhanded adj. oppressively old-fashioned or out-dated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc.

old-fashioned1596

musty1603

mildewed1605

fusty1609

wormy1611

frumpy1746

fossila1770

arriéré1814

has-been1819

Rip Van Winkleish1829

frumpish1847

archaistic1850

fogey1852

fogeyish1852

old fogeyish1853

rusty-fusty1864

mossbacked1876

dead-handed1928

Victorian1934

unhep1939

unhip1939

dinosaurian1943

square1946

dinosaur-like1947

dinosauric1977

analogue1993

1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xviii. 333 It was stupid, dead-handed higher authority that made the army dead.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	dead-hand
释义	dead-handn. Forms: Also dead hand. Etymology: < dead adj. + hand n., after Anglo-Norman mortmain mortmain v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdead-hand. 1. a. = mortmain v. (of which it is a translation). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > mortmain mainmortea1387 mortmain1464 dead-hand1615 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 131 Þei wolle not cesse til alle be conquerid in-to here dede hondis.] 1615 Bp. J. Hall Imprese of God ii, in Recoll. Treat. 672 What liberall reuenues..were then put into (mort-maine) the dead-hand of the Church. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Ad quod damnum The Land so given, is said to fall into a Dead hand. For a Body Politick dies not, nor can perform personal service to the King, or their Mesne Lords, as single Persons may do. 1879 J. Morley Burke (1880) 162 Forty-thousand serfs in the gorges of the Jura, who were held in dead-hand by the Bishop of Saint-Claude. 1880 A. J. Wilson in Macmillan's Mag. 469 That benevolence of the ‘dead hand’, which corrupts and blights all its victims. b. figurative. An oppressive and retarding influence. Cf. mortmain n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindering or retarding > that which or one who > hindering or retarding influence dead-hand1935 1871 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 19/1 The dead hand of Wesley has been stronger than the living hand of any pope.] 1935 Discovery Oct. 301/2 This cannot fairly be described as the ‘dead hand’ of the National Trust. 1955 Times 29 June 11/2 He would have fought the Government dead hand which fantastically enforces small papers ten years after the war. 1971 Daily Tel. 25 June (Colour Suppl.) 13/3 Eisenhower's dead hand on space was an obvious electoral issue for the two incoming presidential candidates to seize on. 2. colloquial. An expert (at doing something). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skilful person > expert grand master1590 adept1674 dab1691 dabster1708 dab hand1828 dead-hand1848 ringer1848 expert1853 skull1880 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs vii. 31 He is a dead hand at piquet. 1862 G. O. Trevelyan Interludes in Verse & Prose (1905) 181 A young member of the Secretariat, a dead hand at a minute. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. xv. 194 First-rate work it was, too; he was always a dead hand at splitting. Derivatives dead-ˈhanded adj. oppressively old-fashioned or out-dated. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc. old-fashioned1596 musty1603 mildewed1605 fusty1609 wormy1611 frumpy1746 fossila1770 arriéré1814 has-been1819 Rip Van Winkleish1829 frumpish1847 archaistic1850 fogey1852 fogeyish1852 old fogeyish1853 rusty-fusty1864 mossbacked1876 dead-handed1928 Victorian1934 unhep1939 unhip1939 dinosaurian1943 square1946 dinosaur-like1947 dinosauric1977 analogue1993 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xviii. 333 It was stupid, dead-handed higher authority that made the army dead. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1615
随便看	well-glebed well-glossed well-gloved well-god well-going well-got well-gotten well-governed well-governing well-government well-gowned well-graced well-grassed well-graveled well-gravelled well-greaved well-groomed well-groomedness well-ground well-grounded well-grown well-guarded well-guided well-guiding well-hained