单词 | strong hand |
释义 | strong handn. The exercise of superior power or strength; the use of force; coercion. Also: firm and decisive action. Formerly usually without article or possessive. Often after with, †by. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force strong handOE strengthOE strenghc1300 violencec1300 mightc1325 stuntisea1327 forcea1340 enforcing138. forcinga1382 forcenessc1400 violation?c1500 efforce1549 enforcement1577 Stafford law1589 vexation1605 club-law1612 aspertee1660 physical force1716 strong arm1836 savaging1858 muscle1879 strong-arming1906 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > by violence or force strong handOE by forcec1320 through, with, of forcec1320 by or with strifec1330 by way of feat1362 by (also with, by) fine forcea1375 by mighta1425 by force and armsa1481 by way of deed1535 by (the) head and shoulders1571 by (the) head and ears1590 sting and ling1816 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xiv. 294 Ne mæg he mid his agenre mihte hine unbindan, buton se ælmihtiga god mid strangre handa his mildheortnysse hine unbinde. OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) iii. 19 Ac ic wat þæt Egypta cyngc eow ne forlæt þæt ge faron, buton þurh strange hand [L. per manum validam]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. iii. 19 Þe kyng of Egypte schall not ȝeue ȝou leeue þat ȝe gone: bot by strong honde [L. per manum validam]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxxii. 11 Þi puple: whome þou hast lad oute of þe londe of Egipte..in a strong honde [L. in manu robusta]. 1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 34 Nichol Brembre..with stronge honde..was chosen Mair. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 716 Cesar Julius..With gret bataille and with strong hond Al Grece, Perse and ek Caldee Wan and put under. c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 318 They conquered manye regnes grete..and wt strong hond heeld hem ful faste. 1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 599 Ye wold haue gotyn Caster fro hyr by stronge hand. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxixv Although kynge Richarde harde often of this..malicious saiynges..he dirst not with strong hande be on the fyrste inuentours reuenged. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xi. f. 73v If it come to violence and strong hande, he sayeth that he wyll geue place. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 99 If by strong hand you offer to breake in.., A vulgar comment will be made of it. View more context for this quotation 1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xviii. 205 They shut the Parliament house door, and kept the Speaker by strong hand in his Chair. 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Apr. (1948) II. 665 I carryed it with the Strongest hand possible. 1799 C. Durnford & E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench (1800) VIII. 357 The defendants..with force and arms, unlawfully, and injuriously, and with a strong hand, entered into a certain mill. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 200 The Gael, of plain and river heir, Shall, with strong hand, redeem his share. 1888 Times 21 Aug. 7/3 When war is declared the law that obtains between belligerents is the law of the strong hand tempered..with humanity. 1940 W. S. Churchill Into Battle (1941) 222 Parliament has given us the powers to put down Fifth Column activities with a strong hand. 1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. (1992) iii. 48 The colonists gloated about their ‘strong hand’ in putting down the ‘rebellion’. 2013 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 25 June 1 The government is ‘acting with a strong hand against’ future vandalism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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