| 单词 | to come to handgrips |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come to handgrips 1. An act of grasping or seizing with the hand, esp. when fighting; a grip, a grasp. Now chiefly in phrases, as to come to handgrips, to be at (also in) handgrips, etc. Also figurative. Cf. handgripe n., handigrip n.Sometimes more generally with reference to fighting at close quarters, as opposed to specifically with one's bare hands. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [noun] > possession and control > possession and power or clutches gripOE handgripOE crook?c1225 fist1297 fangera1300 holtc1375 in one's clawsc1386 clutcha1529 handgripe1534 clamps1548 clums1567 clamsa1569 embracement1599 pounce1614 embracea1627 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > firmness of hold > grip or grasp gripOE handgripOE holtc1375 cleeka1400 handfast1540 handy-gripe1542 handigrip1579 gripple1596 fang1597 grasp1609 clutch1785 death grip1792 OE Beowulf (2008) 965 He for handgripe minum scolde licgean lifbysig. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4002 Sal i slip And fal noght in his hand grip. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 183 A iollie man..Good at hand grippes, better to fight a farre. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iv. 45/2 Now at actual handgrips with Destiny herself. 1858 Frederick the Great (1865) I. iv. ii. 281 The Bridge of Cassano; where Eugene and Vendôme came to handgrips. 1890 Atlantic Monthly May 615/2 Sir Peter, now almost at handgrips with starvation, lives on false promises and vain hopes. 1908 Bystander 6 May 277/2 The fight went on, and several members were in handgrips, and hitting out at each other with their clenched fists. 1988 Times (Nexis) 23 Apr. That relentless desire to be at handgrips with the enemy, which is the hall-mark of victorious infantry in all ages. 2011 R. E. Howard Sword Woman & Other Hist. Adventures 243 The Black Cathayans had emptied their quivers and the Mongols wished only to come to hand-grips. < as lemmas |
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