dead-handed

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Mindless, plodding, or passive; stultifying
    — No, it was stupid, dead-handed higher authority that made the army dead: absolutely fool-dead.
  2. Red-handed; having clear evidence of guilt.
    — Charlie blushed as if he had been caught in the act of dead-handed idiocy.
  3. Having very little wrist or hand action.
    — Then simply hit a dead-handed chip, with the hands, wrists and arms all swinging together as if in a solid block.
  4. Having limp or weak hands.
    — My mother laughs from her grave, such are my sewing skills, but among these dead-handed men my wielding of a needle is nothing short of a miracle.
副词 adv.
  1. Red-handed, with clear evidence of guilt. not-comparable
    — Your man is caught dead-handed. He has the gun in his hand, or the marijuana in the car, or the narcotics in his suitcase...

词形变化

more dead-handed comparative most dead-handed superlative deadhanded alternative more dead-handed comparative most dead-handed superlative deadhanded alternative deadhanded alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
dead-handedness

词源

词源 1
From dead + handed.
词源 2
Possibly a confusion or blend of red-handed with dead to rights
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