weak-handed

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having or involving hands that are weak or infirm.
    — He also had a son named Dave who thought milking a pretty tough job, and who imagined he was getting weak-handed and on the way to milker's paralysis.
  2. Weak; lacking courage and strength. broadly
    — It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects.
  3. Weak; lacking courage and strength.; Selling his invested position(s) in reaction to ephemeral signs of a downturn. broadly,slang
  4. Understaffed obsolete
    — With this heroic resolution, he put himself into the hands of the Zamorin with a retinue of only twelve men, being unwilling to leave the ships weak-handed for the sake of an unavailing and empty parade of attendance.
  5. Poor; impoverished. obsolete
    — Should he be weak-handed (poor), he is compelled to be content with what is termed girdling, which consists in cutting the bark, thereby, of course, killing the trees, and he afterwards clears away the underwood, which is seldom considerable.
副词 adv.
  1. With gun held in hands that are not braced to strengthen the grip.
    — Its cold hammer-forged barrel is beyond accurate, and the ergonomic grip is all it takes to stay steady in awkward shooting positions or when shooting weak-handed.
  2. In a weak-handed manner.
    — Beginning there weak-handed is not the thing to do.

词形变化

more weak-handed comparative most weak-handed superlative weakhanded alternative more weak-handed comparative most weak-handed superlative weakhanded alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
weak-handedness

词源

词源 1
From weak + handed.
词源 2
From weak + handed.
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