| 单词 | hand under hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmashand under hand e. hand under hand: with each hand brought successively under the other, in or as in climbing down a rope. Cf. hand over hand adv. ΚΠ 1759 J. Lindsay Voy. Coast Afr. v. 40 [He] let himself down from thence hand under hand by a rope. 1804 Naval Chron. 11 92 [He] let himself down, hand under hand, by a rope. 1884 St. Nicholas Sept. 833/1 He was amazed to find Miss Molly in a pink flannel gymnasium suit, descending from a lofty bar, hand under hand, down a long rope. 1922 E. Dejeans Romance of Million Dollars xxxiv. 318 She clung to the ropes, then let herself down hand under hand. 2010 M. Pouncey Perfect Reader (2011) ii. 36 They climbed down, slowly, carefully, hand under hand. < as lemmas |
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