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.