英汉词典

palm 基本解释

• n. 手掌；棕榈树；掌状物
• vt. 将…藏于掌中
• n. (Palm)人名；(英)帕姆；(瑞典)帕尔姆；(法、德、俄、捷、芬、挪)帕尔姆

palm 词态变化

palm 中文词源

来自拉丁语palma,手掌，棕榈叶，棕榈树，来自PIE*pel,展开，平的，词源同plan,plain.

palm 英文词源

palm

palm: Palm the tree [OE] and the palm of the hand [14] are effectively distinct words in English, but they have the same ultimate source: Latin palma. This originally meant ‘palm of the hand’ (it is related to Irish lám ‘hand’ and Welsh llaw ‘hand’), and the application to the tree is a secondary one, alluding to the shape of the cluster of palm leaves, like the fingers of a hand.

The Latin word was borrowed into the Germanic dialects in prehistoric times in the tree sense, and is now widespread (German palme and Dutch and Swedish palm as well as English palm). English acquired it in the ‘hand’ sense via Old French paume, with subsequent reversion to the Latin spelling. The French diminutive palmette denotes a stylized palm leaf used as a decorative device, particularly on cornices.

It was borrowed into English in the mid-19th century, and is thought to have formed the basis of English pelmet [20].
=> pelmet

palm (n.1)

"flat of the hand," c. 1300, from Old French palme (Modern French paume), from Latin palma "palm of the hand," also "flat end of an oar; palm tree," from PIE *pel- "to spread out; flat" (cognates: Greek palame "open hand," Old Irish lam, Welsh llaw, Old English folm, Old High German folma "hand," Sanskrit panih "hand, hoof"). Palm oil is earlier in the punning sense of "bribe" (1620s) than in the literal sense of "oil from the fruit of the West African palm" (1705, from palm (n.2)).

palm (n.2)

tropical tree, Old English palma, Old French palme, both from Latin palma "palm tree," originally "palm of the hand;" the tree so called from the shape of its leaves, like fingers of a hand (see palm (n.1)).

The word traveled early to northern Europe, where the tree does not grow, via Christianity, and took root in the local languages (such as Old Saxon palma, Old High German palma, Old Norse palmr). Palm Sunday is Old English palm-sunnandæg.

In ancient times, a leaf or frond was carried or worn as a symbol of victory or triumph, or on feast days; hence figurative use of palm for "victory, triumph" (late 14c.). Palm court "large room in a hotel, etc., usually decorated with potted palms" first recorded 1908.

palm (v.)

"impose (something) on (someone)," 1670s, from palm (n.1). Extended form palm off is from 1822.

palm 词组搭配

palm 英文释义

1. the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

2. a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand

3. any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves

4. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

palm 双语例句

1. He cupped her chin in the palm of his hand.

他用手心托着她的下巴。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Dornberg slapped the table with the palm of his hand.

多恩伯格用手拍着桌子。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She placed her hands palm uppermost in her lap.

她把手掌心向上放在大腿上。

来自柯林斯例句

4. He emptied the contents out into the palm of his hand.

他把东西都倒在手心里。

来自柯林斯例句

5. He could feel the beads digging into his palm.

他能感觉到珠子硌得手心生疼。

来自柯林斯例句

palm 实用场景例句

He held the bird gently in the palm of his hand .

他把小鸟轻轻地托在掌心。

牛津词典

sweaty palms

汗涔涔的手掌

牛津词典

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

牛津词典

a date palm

枣椰树

牛津词典

a coconut palm

椰子树

牛津词典

palm leaves/fronds/groves

棕榈叶 / 树丛

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

Dornberg slapped the table with the palm of his hand...

多恩伯格用手拍着桌子。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He wiped his sweaty palm.

他擦了擦满是汗水的手掌。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Exports: cotton, crude oil, palm products, cacao.

出口: 棉花, 重油, 棕榈产品, 可可.

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No pain, no palm ; no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

没有苦难就没有收获; 没有荆棘就没有宝座; 没有痛苦就没有辉煌; 没有十字架就没有冠冕.

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Some hold both firmly with the handles covered by the palm.

有的人整个手掌都握着把儿,将刀叉抓得紧紧的.

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He took sixpence from the palm of her hand and went to the counter to pay.

他从她手心里拿了六便士到柜台付了钱.

辞典例句

Synthetic esters were tested as oiliness additives and were compared with palm oil.

采用合成酯作为油性剂,与棕榈油进行了一系列的对比试验.

期刊摘选

Palm trees remind me the bombing scenes in Apocalypse Now.

会安的棕榈树,让我联想到《现代启示录》的轰炸场面.

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Evering is in the palm of my hand.

一切竟在我的掌握中.

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Industry: petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap.

工业: 原油提炼, 水泥, 木材, 酿造, 糖, 棕榈油, 肥皂.

期刊摘选

That's almost the distance from a snow shovel in Calgary to a palm tree in California.

这是近的距离雪铲在卡尔加里到棕榈树在加利福尼亚州.

期刊摘选

Methods 16 cases of severe cut injuries at palm of the wrist were involved.

方法一期修复腕掌部切割伤病人16例,术中用Tsuge或 改良Kessler法缝接肌腱,并显微修复腱周组织.

期刊摘选

Ralph was standing by a contraption of palm trunks and leaves.

拉尔夫正站在一个用棕榈枝叶搭起来的鹇玩意儿旁边.

期刊摘选

Mary: Oh, darn it I thought I was still in Palm Springs.

玛丽: 噢, 该死,我以为我还在棕榈泉呢.

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Our army bore off the palm in the battle.

我军在战斗中获得了胜利.

辞典例句

Mr Johnson obviously know the street like the palm of his hand.

显然约翰逊先生非常熟悉这条街.

《简明英汉词典》

The coconut palm trees planted after the war added to the beauty of the city.

战后栽植的这些椰子树使这个城市显得更加美丽.

《简明英汉词典》

The palm of one's hand is slightly concave.

人的手掌是微凹的.

《现代汉英综合大词典》