| 单词 | two-fisted |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwo-fisted two-fisted adj. (a) (dialect or colloquial), awkward with the hands, clumsy; (b) U.S. colloquial, tough, aggressive; vigorous; (c) Tennis of a backhand stroke: played with both hands on the racket. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] sprindeOE livelyOE kaskc1300 wightc1300 courageousc1386 wighty14.. wieldya1413 ablec1440 tall of hand1530 sappy1558 energical1565 energetical1585 greenya1586 stout1600 strenuous1602 forceful?1624 actuous1626 vigorous1638 vivid1638 high-spirited1653 hearty1665 actuose1677 living1699 full-blooded1707 executive1708 rugged1731 sousing1735 energic1740 bouncing1743 two-fisted1774 energetic1782 zestful1797 rollicking1801 through-ganging1814 throughgoing1814 slashing1828 high-powered1829 high pressure1834 rip-roaring1834 red-blooded1836 ripsnorting1846 zesty1853 dynamic1856 throbbing1864 goey1875 torpedoic1893 kinky1903 zippy1903 go-at-it1904 punchy1907 up-and-at-'em1909 driving1916 vibranta1929 kinetic1931 zinging1931 high-octane1936 zingy1938 slam-bang1939 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 ass-kicking1977 hi-octane1977 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands handless1483 left-handed1579 butterfingered1615 heavy-handeda1634 thumbless1648 unhandy1669 mutton-fisted1737 two-fisted1774 numb-handed1849 butterfingers1851 buttery-fingered1853 cack-handed1854 Marlborough-handed1893 thumb-fingered1903 thumby1909 ham-handed1918 ham-fisted1928 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adjective] > types of stroke or ball unreturnable1740 boasted1878 volleyed1878 overhand1881 back-handed1889 forehand1889 forehanded1889 Lawford1893 overhead1904 undercut1920 kicking1924 overarm1929 two-fisted1960 sliced1971 inside-out1977 inside-in1999 1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 223 He was Director, and appointed a sturdy two-fisted Gentleman to open the Ball with Mrs. Tayloe. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 135 As poor a two-fisted thing as ever I saw, you know you was. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People vi. 63 A stout two-fisted farmer. 1908 S. E. White Riverman xxii. 197 I don't bet those Saginaw river-pigs are any more two-fisted than the boys on this river. I'd go up and clean 'em out. 1925 E. E. Cummings Let. 3 Sept. (1969) 108 [I] was not made to match wits with twofisted go~getters. 1960 Times 16 June 18/6 The two-fisted back~hand of Australia's Howe. 1960 Times 16 Sept. 52 Hamdinger..being, as the menu says, ‘for two-fisted appetites’. 1978 Times 4 July 19/4 Miss Kruger, a steady and tenacious competitor with a two-fisted backhand. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Mag. Mar. 18/3 Bonanno..is going to have a two-fisted fight on his hands. The U.S. Criminal Justice system is also bearing down on Bonanno. < as lemmas |
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