单词 | in one's own hand |
释义 | > as lemmasin one's own hand(s) (b) in one's own hand(s): in one's own personal possession, at one's own disposal, under one's own authority; under one's own control, in one's own power to influence. ΚΠ lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1100 He heafde on his agenre hand þet arcebiscoprice on Cantwarbyrig.] a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 419 Henry..made holy cherche free, but he hilde þe forest in his owne hond. 1414 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 59/1 (MED) The same Lordshipes weren in his owne hondes. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1128 I wolde no more..but that ye wolde take all in youre owne hondys, and that ye woll rule my lorde sir Launcelot. ?1531 J. Frith tr. P. Hamilton Paitrikes Places f. 2v There is no remedye to saue the in thine awne honde. 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. ii. sig. C Our actions are in our owne hands. 1679 W. Lodge tr. G. Barri Painters Voy. Italy Ep. Ded. sig. A4v I cannot remember I have seen any Original in England but that which is in my own hands. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) I. xx. 180 The editors of newspapers have vengeance in their own hands. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 593 The land..round his pleasure grounds was in his own hands. 1888 Contemp. Rev. May 637 A sort of providential landlord..who probably kept some land in his own hand. 1908 J. H. Ramsay Dawn of Constit. xiv. 235 Leicester kept all the strongest castles, and the most important prisoners in his own hands. 2012 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 23 Mar. 59 City's relegation battle still remains in their own hands. < as lemmas |
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