单词 | on hand |
释义 | > as lemmason (also †upon) hand (also †hands) (a) on (also †upon) hand (also †hands). extracted from handn. (i) Of a thing: in one's possession or keeping; (in later use also) available for use, at hand. Of work or business which one has to do: in one's charge or responsibility. †Of a person: in one's power (obsolete). to have on (also upon) hand(s): to have in one's possession; to have at one's disposal; to have the care or responsibility of; to have to deal with or dispose of; to have to do; to be engaged in. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [phrase] > in one's possession in handOE on (also upon) hand (also hands)OE in or within one's wones1390 OE Dispute between Bp. Æðelstan & Wulfstan (Sawyer 1460) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 164 Nu syndan þissa gewrita þreo, an on Wigernaceastre æt Sancta Marian þær þæt land toherð & oðer on Hereforda æt Sancte Æþelbrihte & þridde a mid þam þe þæt land on hande stande. OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) xliii. 67 Þærrihte forlæte æghwylc swa hwæt swa he on handa hæfde [a1225 Winteney swa hwæt swa heo on handa hæfð; L. quelibet fuerint in manibus]. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1127 Ealle þa ærcebiscopes & biscopes seidon þet hit wæs togeanes riht, & þet he ne mihte hafen twa abbotrices on hande. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 126 Al þat lond þat Eneas heore fader hefde on hond. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1651 (MED) Me þunch þat þu me gest an honde. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1542 Thou hast on honde such a game. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 37 Thes eleuen kyngis have more on hande than they ar ware off. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John 91 b It onely lyeth you vpon hande to fyght manfully. 1583 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 48 The wark is greit ye haue on hand. 1693 T. Paskell Abstr. of Let. 1 The Country is full of goods, Brass and Pewter lieth upon hand. 1746 Scots Mag. Apr. 180/1 It is said, that the company did not save one tenth part of all the valuable goods they had on hand. 1782 Royal Gaz. 8 May 1/2 (advt.) He has upon hands a few neat Gentlemen and Lady's Saddles, bridles, portmantuas, [etc.]. 1814 E. S. Barrett Heroine (ed. 2) I. iv. 61 We have other matters on hands. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. v. 470 If he possessed in India any money on loan or merchandize on hand. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. ix. 36 The abode..which had so evidently hung long on hand. 1861 Brit. Postal Guide 14 Every Postmaster is required to have on hand a sufficient stock of postage labels. 1936 E. A. Atkins & A. G. Walker Electr. Arc & Oxy-acetylene Welding (ed. 3) v. 49 It is a good plan always to have on hand a little pole-finding paper. 1942 J. Morley in Colonial Postscript (1992) ix. 133 I have still got one or two big matters on hand before I can go away. 1960 N. A. Harper in L. M. Monheim Gen. Anesthesia in Dental Pract. xviii. 358 It is important legally that the proper physical equipment be on hand. 2006 Prevention Jan. 105/2 Keep a few days' worth of food, water, and any necessary meds on hand for your pets. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > affecting a person (of evil or harm) on (also upon) hand (also hands)OE OE Laws of Æðelred II (Corpus Cambr. 201) vii. a. vi. §2. 262 Mæssige man æghwilce dæge..ane mæssan sinderlice for ðare neode, þe us nu on handa stent, oð þæt hit betere wurðe. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 192 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 171 Ure eldre misduden; we habbeð uuele on honde. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 326 For evere he hath drede upon honde. ?a1425 (?c1350) Northern Passion (Rawl.) l. 1761 Fader, what harm es þe on hand? ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adverb] on (also upon) hand (also hands)a1200 goder-heala1225 soundfula1300 wealsomely1382 wealfully1388 prosperouslyc1425 flourishingly1609 thrivingly1745 palmily1886 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 177 Here tuder swiðe wexeð and wel þieð and goð wel on hond. ?c1300 Walter of Henley's Husbandry (Cambr. Ee.1.1) (1890) 4 (MED) Hom dit en englyse: On ȝeer oþer to, wroge wylle on honde go. Ant euere aten hende, wrong wile wende. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adverb] > in course of time or as time goes on on (also upon) hand (also hands)c1200 in (also by) (the) process of time1357 by (also in) process?1523 in success of time1546 in continuancea1552 in length of time1697 c1200 (?OE) Grave (1890) l. 12 Swa ðu scealt on molde wunien ful calde, Dimme and deorcæ. Þet den fulæt on honde. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 242 Þe wunde þet eauer wurseð on hond. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6343 Ah þene nome hit losede an hond. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3572 Þeos children weoxen an hond þat heo mihten halden lond. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 933 On hand Mani man wepen sare For ransoun to yrland. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] nighOE anewstOE nearOE yhendeOE hendc1175 hendena1200 anighc1275 besidesc1275 bihalvec1275 beside1297 narc1325 on (also upon) hand (also hands)c1330 bya1400 anighsta1425 nearabout?a1425 near-awaya1586 a hand1637 anear1798 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 427 (MED) To palmers mett he þare On hand. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4937 Sargantz send i son on hand þat in þair gare mi god þai fand. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10680 To bring a custom neu on hand. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4791 A new note neghis on hand. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 185 Onone come the night & neghit vppon hond. (vi) Originally U.S. Of a person: at hand, in attendance, present. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225 in (the) presencea1393 in placea1400 upon the place1600 in evidence1612 to the fore1637 on (also upon) hand (also hands)1835 sur place1915 on-site1946 on the ground1960 1835 Knickerbocker Mar. 200 We who are now ‘on hand’ are no better discriminators than those who have gone before us. 1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 16 Feb. I heard that he was about to make a sale, and I was on hand. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves iii. 30 My Aunt Agatha..wouldn't be on hand to snooter me for at least another six weeks. 2011 J. Buchan Trawlerman vi. 111 They had someone on hand, five minutes up the road, who could tend to the boat in port. < as lemmas |
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