underhand

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
发音 ŭnʹdə(r)-(h)ănd'

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.
    — Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.
动词 v.
  1. To toss or lob with an underhand movement. transitive
    — Couture made straight for the refrigerator and returned with cold beer, underhanding them in turn to each of the team members, Sergeant Thi included.
  2. To trick, deceive or gull. transitive
    — The time has arrived when monkeying with the public must cease, when lying and underhanding your competitor in the baking business must be banished from the plan of business development.
  3. To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
    — About one-half the body has been mined by underhanding into mill holes; but with the adoption of the water drill, shrinkage stoping is being largely used and the larger stopes are mined as at Levack.
形容词 adj.
  1. Secret; clandestine.
  2. Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner. broadly
  3. Thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below.
副词 adv.
  1. With an underhand movement.
  2. In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.

词形变化

more underhand comparative most underhand superlative more underhand comparative most underhand superlative underhands present,singular,third-person underhanding participle,present underhanded participle,past underhanded past underhands plural

词汇关系

近义词
underhanded backdoor underarm

词源

词源 1
From under + hand.
词源 2
From under + hand.
词源 3
From under + hand.
词源 4
From under + hand.
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