[N-COUNT 可数名词]棕榈树 A palm or a palm tree is a tree that grows in hot countries. It has long leaves growing at the top, and no branches.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]手掌 The palm of your hand is the inside part.
[usu poss N]
Dornberg slapped the table with the palm of his hand...
多恩伯格用手拍着桌子。
He wiped his sweaty palm.
他擦了擦满是汗水的手掌。
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[PHRASE 短语]在…的手心里;在…的完全掌控中 If you have someone or something in the palm of your hand, you have control over them.
[Ns inflect]
Johnson thought he had the board of directors in the palm of his hand...
约翰逊以为自己完全掌控了董事会。
They held his fate in the palms of their ancient hands.
他们这些老人将他的命运掌握在手心里。
相关词组:
palm off
palm off with
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palm/pɑːm; NAmEpɑːm/
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palmpalmspalmedpalmingnoun _hand_body_comp.jpg _hand.jpg 1the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers 手掌;手心◆He held the bird gently in the palm of his hand.他把小鸟轻轻地托在掌心。◆sweaty palms汗涔涔的手掌◆to read sb's palm(= to say what you think will happen to sb by looking at the lines on their palm) 看手相2(alsoˈpalm tree)a straight tree with a mass of long leaves at the top, growing in tropical countries. There are several types of palmtree, some of which produce fruit. 棕榈树◆a date palm枣椰树◆a coconut palm椰子树◆palm leaves/fronds/groves棕榈叶╱树丛IDIOMhave sb in the ˌpalm of your ˈhandto have complete control or influence over sb 完全控制某人;把某人攥在手心里☞more at
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v.verbpalmsth to hide a coin, card, etc. in your hand, especially when performing a trick 把…藏在手中(尤指玩戏法)PHRASAL VERBSˌpalm sb↔ˈoff (with sth)( informal) to persuade sb to believe an excuse or an explanation that is not true, in order to stop them asking questions or complaining (借口某事)欺骗搪塞某人,骗过某人ˌpalm sth↔ˈoff (on/onto sb) | ˌpalm sb↔ˈoff (with sth)( informal) to persuade sb to accept sth that has no value or that you do not want, especially by tricking them. 哄骗他人接受(无价值或自己不要的东西);用假货行骗◆She's always palming the worst jobs off on her assistant.她总是哄骗她的助手做最苦的差事。◆Make sure he doesn't try to palm you off with faulty goods.当心别上当让他把残次品卖给你。ˌpalm sth ˈoff as sth( informal) to tell sb that sth is better than it is, especially in order to sell it 推销假货;以假乱真◆They were trying to palm the table off as a genuine antique.他们在设法把那张普通桌子当真正的古董推销出去。palm/pɑːm; NAmEpɑːm/
1part of hand the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold thingsin somebody’s palm She looked at the coins in her palm. He held the pebble in the palm of his hand.2tree (also palm tree) a tropical tree which grows near beaches or in deserts, with a long straight trunk and large pointed leaves at the top: coconut palms3hold/have somebody in the palm of your hand to have a strong influence on someone, so that they do what you want them to do4read somebody’s palm to tell someone what is going to happen to them in the future by looking at the lines on their hand → cross somebody’s palm (with silver)
at cross1(18)
, → grease somebody’s palm
at grease2(2)
palm1 noun
palm2 verb
palmpalm2 verb [transitive]
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to hide something in the palm of your hand, especially when you are performing a magic trick or stealing somethingpalm off phrasal verbto persuade someone to accept or buy something that is not of good quality or is not the thing that they really wantpalm off on/onto He tried to palm off his old books onto me.palm off as Dealers sometimes palm off fakes as genuine works of art.palm off with phrasal verbto give someone an explanation that is not true but that you hope they will accept
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