Word familyadjectivepalmarpalmatepalmatifidpalmatipartitepalmatisectpalmedpalmaceouspalmarianadverbpalmatelynounpalmationpalmfulpalmipedpalmistpalmistrypalmypalmcorderpalmtoppalmettepalmettopalmietpalmificationpalmitatepalmitinpalmhousepalm oilPalm Sundaypalm treepalm
3.hold/have somebody in the palm of your handFORCE somebody TO DO somethingto have a stronginfluence on someone, so that they do what you want them to do 把某人攥在手心里,完全操纵[控制]某人
Examples from the Corpus
hold/have somebody in the palm of your hand• She's got the wholecommittee in the palm of her hand.
4.read somebody’s palmROto tell someone what is going to happen to them in the future by looking at the lines on their hand 给某人看手相
palm• The subject is essentially twofold - beach and palm trees, so thought must be given to each.• A piece of candystuck to his palm.• If you are used to handling an ordinarypalmsander, the ovalgrip will be familiar.• Restpalm of one hand over navel.• The streets in the village are immaculate, the grass and the palm trees green.• The sun was in the palms behind the right-field fence.• He stops combing upward and begins to shape the hairs in the cup of the palm of his hand.• Alternately press and releasepressure with palms, gradually wriggling the hands fairly vigorously along the muscles.• With palms facing upwards, take your arms behind you and hold them as high as possible.
in the palm of his hand• Even before he plays a note, he has the audiencein the palm of his hand.• It had long been believed that he who held the Tower, held Londonin the palm of his hand.• There was a block of rawjellylyingin the palm of his hand.• Oliver coiled it slowly in the palm of his hand.
palm2 verb [transitiveT]
1.HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto hide something in the palm of your hand, especially when you are performing a magictrick or stealing something 〔尤指变戏法或偷东西时〕把…藏在手心里[藏于手中]
2palm something ↔ offphrasal verbphr vPERSUADEto persuade someone to accept or buy something that is not of good quality or is not the thing that they really want 哄骗某人接受…,把…骗卖给
on/onto
He tried to palm off his old books onto me.
他想哄我买下他的旧书。
as
Dealers sometimes palm off fakes as genuine works of art.
有时候艺术品经销商会把赝品充当真品来卖。
Examples from the Corpus
palm off• Elliott palmed blood off his face and coughed.• Rabbits were out because Nev was so keen to palm a couple off on him, which definitely meanttrouble.
3.palm somebody off with somethingphrasal verbphr vto give someone an explanation that is not true but that you hope they will accept 〔借口某事〕欺骗搪塞某人,骗过某人
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palm• Every few cases some preclear may try to palm off telepathy as an aberrative factor.• Eachus, challenged by Stephen McBride, palmed out Raymond McCoy's left wingcross when he could possibly have grasped it.• Cheryl palmed the accesslock on the medlab door and the hatchrolled open.
1flat part of the front of your hand手掌ADJECTIVE | VERB + PALM | PALM + VERB | PALM + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤soft柔軟的手掌➤sweaty汗津津的手掌➤warm溫暖的手掌➤flat, open張開的手掌;攤開的手心➤upturned朝上的手掌➤outstretched張開的手掌➤left, right左掌;右掌VERB + PALM➤hold up, raise舉起/抬起手掌◇He held up a palm for silence.他舉起手掌示意安靜。➤extend伸出手掌➤open, spread打開/展開手掌◇He spread his palms in a gesture of openness.他展開手掌,以示坦誠。➤cup捧起手掌◇He cupped his empty palms together.他捧起空空的雙手。➤lay, place, put, rest把手掌放在◇He went over to the wall and placed his palm on it.他走到牆邊,用手掌撑牆。➤press按手掌◇I pressed my palm to the wound to stop the bleeding.我將手掌壓在傷口上止血。➤slam, slap拍擊手掌◇She slapped her palm against the desk in anger.她生氣地用手拍擊桌子。➤rub, wipe搓手掌;擦手掌◇He rubbed his palms against his jeans.他在牛仔褲上擦了擦手掌。➤run用手掌摸◇He ran his palm up and down Holly's shoulder.他把手放在霍利的肩膀上來回摸。➤read看手相◇She read people's palms and told fortunes.她給人看手相算命。PALM + VERB➤sweat手心出汗➤face手心面向◇Hold out your arms with your palms facing down.伸出雙臂,手心向下。➤rest手放在◇His right palm was resting against my neck.他把右手放在我的脖子上。PALM + NOUN➤reader, reading看手相者;看手相➤print手掌印PREPOSITION➤against your palms緊貼着手掌◇The metal felt hot against my palms.我感覺掌心的金屬很熱。➤between your palms在手掌之間◇He took her hand between his palms and squeezed it.他雙手緊緊握住她的手揑了一揑。➤in your palm在手心裏◇He showed me the coins in his palm.他給我看他手心裏的硬幣。palm