both-handed

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Skilled or able to use either hand, with unspecified degrees of equalness; ambidextrous. not-comparable
    — “I'm ambidextrous,” she replied. “Both-handed. Dad says it's rare.”
  2. Denoting either right-handed or left-handed; either-handed. not-comparable
    — [Morimori, looking for a pair of scissors in the desk] Shinzuki Morimori Shinzuki: Yes, that is right. This is asymmetric one, so it is both-handed.
  3. For use with both hands or using both hands. not-comparable
    — He stood a bit far of the gloom of the lobby, but short of the dazzle of the stairs, and he clenched his briefcase at his chest in a tense and both-handed, reptilian grip, as if whatever he had in it must be guarded at all costs.
  4. Involving two sides or approaches not-comparable
    — The principle of being “both-handed” or “talk for talk and fight for fight” suggests the necessity to combine soft means with tough ones and to struggle while seeking cooperation.
副词 adv.
  1. With both hands not-comparable
    — Then the brown-haired detective charged around the corner firing both-handed, skimming two off Stephen's vest, while Stephen himself danced one round off the detective's and they fell backward simultaneously.
  2. Involving two sides or approaches not-comparable
    — Our second front will, in fact, comprise both the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Europe, and we can push either right-handed, left-handed, or both-handed as our resources and circumstances permit.

词形变化

both handed alternative both handed alternative

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词源

词源 1
From both + handed.
词源 2
From both + handed.
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