英语词汇“to hand about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To pass around, give out. Also figurative. Cf. to hand round at Phrasal verbs.

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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > pass with the hand > pass from hand to hand

band1580

bandya1599

passa1616

to hand about1660

to fist about1701

circulatec1793

to send round1839

1660 H. Fletcher Perfect Politician 168 This Novelty being handed about from one to another, at last it came to the Lord Generals ear.

1699 E. Ward London Spy I. xi. 4 The Baskets of..Peaches, began now to be handed about.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 58. ¶3 There were several Satyrs and Panegyricks handed about.

1799 Z. Wadsworth in L. Ulrich Age of Homespun (2001) ix. 314 To have one's name handed about so publicly & in the newspapers it was too much.

1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 746/1 There were two servants busily employed in handing about punch and ‘bishop’.

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 5/6 Light refreshments..were handed about.

1927 D. Corley House of Lost Identity vii. 192 Velisen took out of his pocket a flat bone, engraved with a fish, and handed it about.

2009 C. Dickason King's Daughter (2010) xxiv. 159 I'm handed about like a parcel.

2. intransitive. To be passed around (literal and figurative); spec. (of food or drink) to be served out. Now archaic and rare.

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1747 Trial Archibald Stewart 115 A Petition to the Magistrates was handing about among the inhabitants.

1798 T. Jefferson Let. 3 Jan. in Papers (2003) XXX. 10 Many metaphysical niceties are handing about in conversation.

1802 C. Wilmot Let. 3 Jan. (1920) 27 Cakes,..Lemonade, &c., continually handing about the Room.

1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 277/2 Petitions are handing about from door to door for signatures.

1988 P. O'Brian Let. of Marque ii. 61 Pudding-wine—in this case Frontignan and Canary—was handing about.

单词	to hand about
释义	> as lemmas to hand about to hand about 1. transitive. To pass around, give out. Also figurative. Cf. to hand round at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > pass with the hand > pass from hand to hand band1580 bandya1599 passa1616 to hand about1660 to fist about1701 circulatec1793 to send round1839 1660 H. Fletcher Perfect Politician 168 This Novelty being handed about from one to another, at last it came to the Lord Generals ear. 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. xi. 4 The Baskets of..Peaches, began now to be handed about. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 58. ¶3 There were several Satyrs and Panegyricks handed about. 1799 Z. Wadsworth in L. Ulrich Age of Homespun (2001) ix. 314 To have one's name handed about so publicly & in the newspapers it was too much. 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 746/1 There were two servants busily employed in handing about punch and ‘bishop’. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 5/6 Light refreshments..were handed about. 1927 D. Corley House of Lost Identity vii. 192 Velisen took out of his pocket a flat bone, engraved with a fish, and handed it about. 2009 C. Dickason King's Daughter (2010) xxiv. 159 I'm handed about like a parcel. 2. intransitive. To be passed around (literal and figurative); spec. (of food or drink) to be served out. Now archaic and rare. ΚΠ 1747 Trial Archibald Stewart 115 A Petition to the Magistrates was handing about among the inhabitants. 1798 T. Jefferson Let. 3 Jan. in Papers (2003) XXX. 10 Many metaphysical niceties are handing about in conversation. 1802 C. Wilmot Let. 3 Jan. (1920) 27 Cakes,..Lemonade, &c., continually handing about the Room. 1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 277/2 Petitions are handing about from door to door for signatures. 1988 P. O'Brian Let. of Marque ii. 61 Pudding-wine—in this case Frontignan and Canary—was handing about. extracted from handv. < as lemmas
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