| 单词 | by the hands of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the hands of b. in extended phrase by the hands of. ΚΠ 1411 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 17 Whiche somme ys owynge to me, to be payd..by þe handes of my lady lovell. c1503 tr. Magna Carta in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxijv/2 By the handis of his kynnesfolk..his goodis shalbe destribute. 1534 Old City Acct. Bk. in Archæol. Jrnl. (1886) 43 Resuyd of mr grayn by the hands of mr hoxton v wrytyngs. 1866 Cornhill Mag. 13 692 The Doctor will kill him, by my hands. by the hands of b. prepositional, †by cause of, by chesun of, by colour of, by dint of, by the hands of, by means of, by reason of, by virtue of, by way of, etc. See under the various substantives. ΚΠ c1380 J. Wyclif Last Age Church (1840) 25 Bi resoun of whiche þe þridde tribulacioun schal entre into Cristis Chirche. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 502 Þer togedur faȝte we Be chesun of this lady fre. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit xi. 18 By reason of all the good that God had shewed vnto him. ?a1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads Reign Philip & Mary (1860) 3 He hathe us up lyfft By the means of hys sonne callyd Emanuell. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 78 Our brother is imprisoned by your meanes. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 126 All..That..by dint of Sword, Haue since mis-carryed vnder Bullingbrooke. 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 127 The Parlement is adjourned by virtue thereof [the Comission]. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 120 Vict'ry gotten without Blows. By dint of sharp hard words. 1710 W. L. Let. to New Member Commons 9 Edward Whitacre..hath, by Colour of his Imployment..receiv'd the Sum of Five and Twenty Thousand Pound. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 523. ¶6 By Vertue of that Spectatorial Authority with which I stand Invested. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 32 Jugurtha..by Dint of Money, corrupted many of the Senators. 1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. viii. 496 He..by means thereof..took the City. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iv. 42 It was chiefly by means of the Papacy that this came to pass. 1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps I. ii. 23 Quite out of sight..by reason of the bend of the hollow. 1881 R. Buchanan God & Man I. 111 The widow—by dint of strict parsimony, had saved a trifle. by the hand(s) of a. With reference to action performed with the hand, and hence to action generally; (in later use) esp. the agency or instrumentality of a person; power, influence. Esp. in expressions such as by the hand(s) of, by a person's hand, through the hand(s) of, through a person's hand(s), etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > action performed by handeOE the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > specifically a person through a person's hands (also hand)c1330 by the hand(s) of1639 eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) cviii. 26 (27) Vt sciant quia manus tua haec est : ðæt witen ðætte hond ðin ðeos is. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxii. 357 Ða worhte god fela tacna on þam folce þurh ðæra apostola handum. OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxxvi. 17 Folc þin ðu feredest swa fæle sceap þurh Moyses mihtige handa [L. in manu Mosi]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. viii. 36 Hit is comaunded to me & aaron & his sonys doden alle þynges þat þe lord spak by þe hond of Moises. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. met. iii. l. 3503 O feble and lyȝt is þe hand of Circes þe enchaunteresse þat chaungeþ þe bodies of folk in to bestes. 1449 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 147 (MED) As wele when he is in goode hele as when he is visited by the hond of Gode. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges vi. 36 Yf thou wilt delyuer Israel thorow my hande. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) ix. 59 Behold. the hand of the lorde is na scheortar nor it vas. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 58 To suffer by the hands of the hangman. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §8 If some..attribute such things to Gods immediate hand. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 305 I sent it by the Hand of an Enemy. 1785 New London Mag. Dec. 288/1 All around are made to feel her bounty, whose hand is ever stretched forth to relieve the wants of the distressed. 1847 Church of Eng. Mag. 12 June 385/1 The value of time is best appreciated in considering it as coming from the Lord's hand. 1913 Nation 5 June 575/2 She was one..whose hand was seen in political intrigues involving persons of the highest rank. 1961 New Scientist 31 Aug. 523 It is impossible not to see his hand behind the remarkably comprehensive symposium on the subject held in Cardiff last year. a2005 R. Hounsome Very Nearly Man (2006) 212 Did I detect the hand of my guiding spirit yet again? < as lemmas |
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