单词 | to give a hand up |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) a hand up a. An act of assistance provided by one person to another to help him or her climb on to something, or move to a higher place or a standing position, by using a hand or hands to pull up and support his or her weight. Frequently in to give (a person) a hand up. Cf. to give (a person) a leg up at leg up n. 1. ΚΠ 1851 Bentley's Misc. 29 360 The fat man has been pitched off the grey cob... Another gives him a hand up, and he gallops away. 1884 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island xx. 164 ‘Who'll give me a hand up?’ he roared. Not a man among us moved. Growling the foulest imprecations, he crawled along the sand till he..could hoist himself again upon his crutch. 1936 Horn Bk. Mag. May 177 A choice perch on a lower bough was hastily vacated and she was offered a hand up which she did not need. 1956 Catholic Digest May 41/2 The ladder was aluminum, and slippery, and I needed a hand up to get myself inside my first airplane. 1996 B. D. Smith Never Lady 312 Victor sat in the ponycart... He gave her a hand up, and she settled beside him on the narrow seat. 2010 Fayetteville (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 11 July Boom!, down we went on our butts. We took a second to shake the cobwebs out, then Hymes stood, grinned at me and gave me a hand up. < as lemmas |
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