old hand

old hand

n. One who is experienced; a veteran: an old hand at international politics.

old hand

n 1. a person who is skilled at something through long experience 2. informal Austral (in the 19th century) an ex-convict 3. informal Austral a person who is long established in a place

old′ hand′

n. a person with long experience in a subject, area, procedure, etc.; veteran. [1775–85]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

old hand - an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long serviceold stager, oldtimer, old-timer, stager, warhorse, veteranexpert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

old hand

noun veteran, expert, master, pro (informal), old-timer, old soldier, past master, trouper, warhorse (informal), old stager, one of the old school He is an old hand at organizing training courses.

old hand

nounOne who has had long experience in a given activity or capacity:veteran.Informal: old-timer, vet.

Translations

老手

old

(əuld) adjective1. advanced in age. an old man; He is too old to live alone. 年老的 年老的2. having a certain age. He is thirty years old. 人...歲 ...岁的 3. having existed for a long time. an old building; Those trees are very old. 年久的 年久的4. no longer useful. She threw away the old shoes. 破舊的 破旧的5. belonging to times long ago. old civilizations like that of Greece. 古老的 古老的old age the later part of a person's life. He wrote most of his poems in his old age. 晚年 晚年old boy/girl a former pupil (of a school). The new prime minister is an old boy of our school. 老同學 老同学ˌold-ˈfashioned adjective in a style common some time ago. old-fashioned clothes; Her hairstyle is very old-fashioned. 老式的 老式的old hand a person who is very experienced. He's an old hand at this sort of job. 老手 老手old maid an unmarried woman who is past the usual age of marriage. 老處女 老处女the old old people. hospitals for the old. 老年人 老年人