a)done or made by a person rather than a machine 用手工
We had to wash our clothes by hand.
我们只得手洗自己的衣服。
b)delivered by someone personally, rather than being sent through the post, emailed etc 亲手递交的,专人递送的
Examples from the Corpus
by hand• The letter had been delivered by hand, and was addressed to Mrs Zippie Isaacs.• They delivered their weddinginvitationsby hand.• The rug was made by hand.