| 单词 | soft-handed |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft-handed soft-handed adj. having soft hands; (in early use figurative) gentle, pleasant; cf. soft-fingered adj., soft-palmed adj. ΚΠ 1604 T. Dekker Magnificent Entertainm. sig. B When soft handed Peace, so sweetly thriues, That Bees in Souldiers Helmets build their Hiues. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 336 Soft-handed Hope whose soothing touch makes the possessor easy in himself. 1820 J. Keats Ode to Psyche in Lamia & Other Poems 118 Their lips touch'd not, but had not bade adieu, As if disjoined by soft-handed slumber. 1945 Princeton Alumni Weekly 9 Nov. 5/2 There has been some criticism of our ‘soft-handed’ policy in the occupation of Japan. 2009 D. O'Briain Tickling Eng. xix. 291 Tradesmen often have home-owners leaning over their shoulders while they work..because we've never seen that panel taken off the wall before. That's exciting to us soft-handed types. < as lemmas |
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