| 释义 |
▪ I. hander1|ˈhændə(r)|
[f. hand v. + -er1.]
One who hands, delivers, or passes. Also with adverbs, down, in, out, etc. spec. = handler 2.
1678Lond. Gaz. No. 1288/4 The Hander of it to the Press. 1680Dryden Religio Laici 361 Grant they were The handers down. 1746Acct. of Cock-fight in 42nd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper P. R. 166 In such manner as is usual for handers to account to ten. 1794Sporting Mag. III. 169 Called ‘handers’ or ‘setters to’. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 123 An excellent hander of muffins and cake. 1850L. Hunt Autobiog. xix. 303 The hander down of his likeness to posterity.
▪ II. ˈhander2
[f. hand n. + -er1 1.]
1. A blow on the hand.
1868J. Greenwood Purgat. Peter the Cruel v. 149 (Farmer) You've got to take your handers. 1887Times (weekly ed.) 1 July 7/4 The matron gave her six ‘handers’ with a cane.
2. -hander in comb.,
a. as back-hander, a back-handed blow;
b. as left-hander, a left-handed man.
1882Daily Tel. 12 June, The next comer, Scotton, the left hander..played out time. |
