单词 | weak-handed |
释义 | weak-handedadj. 1. Having weak hands; figurative not capable of effective exertion. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective] > having weak hands weak-handed1539 heavy-handeda1634 1539 Bible (Great) 2 Sam. xvii. 2 And I wyll come vpon hym, whyle he is werye and weake handed. 1851 C. M. Yonge Cameos x, in Monthly Packet Nov. 351 Crimes were committed which he had no power to restrain, and, weak-handed and bewildered, he seems to have acted in great matters [etc.]. 2. = short-handed adj.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [adjective] > staffed > understaffed short-handed1794 weak-handed1817 short-manned1830 underhanded1834 undermanned1867 understaffed1891 short-staffed1953 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 292 This mode is called girdling, and is only resorted to by those who, to use their own phrase, are weak-handed. 1836 F. Marryat Pirate xvi, in Pirate & Three Cutters 185 We certainly may defend the schooner from the shore as well as on board, but we are weak-handed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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