单词 | hand span |
释义 | > as lemmashand span hand span n. = span n.1 1a; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > length or breadth of hand > span of hand spanc900 shaftmentc910 hand span1854 1854 J. Harrington Sermons xvii. 260 Better than a dead faithlessness to everything that is not within measure of the foot-pace or the hand-span. 1898 McClure's Mag. Feb. 329/1 When the President was declared victor it was only by a handspan. 1905 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 18 Dec. (table) Hand span..9 inches. 1998 Amer. Music Teacher Feb. 67/1 A large hand span is required to negotiate the thicker chords. 2011 T. Clare Seduction of his Wife xviii. 246 Grace leaned back and swam a few hand spans out into the water. < as lemmas |
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