underhanded

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Devious people, collectively. plural,plural-only
    — We have fallen to the underhanded and label it a greater means.
动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of underhand form-of,participle,past
形容词 adj.
  1. Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below.
    — Golf is an underhanded game, because we must swing the club in an underhanded motion in order to play the ball off the ground.
  2. Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
    — His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified.
  3. Insincere; sarcastic.
    — An underhanded compliment is actually criticism.
  4. Secret; surreptitious.
    — And, although the mystery of an unsigned note rather thrilled her, it seemed underhanded. And June hated underhanded things.
  5. Understaffed.
    — Between 9.30, when the first shot was fired, and 11.45 a.m., the enemy, well aware of his vast superiority in men — the ' Intrepid,' being, as was usual with the Company's cruisers, underhanded — made two attempts to run her on board and throw an overpowering force on the brig's decks.
副词 adv.
  1. In an underhanded manner.
    — Bonino required each of us to shoot our free throws underhanded.

词形变化

more underhanded comparative most underhanded superlative under-handed alternative more underhanded comparative most underhanded superlative under-handed alternative the underhanded canonical,plural under-handed alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
underhandedly underhandedness

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
Proto-Germanic *handuz
Proto-West Germanic *handu
Old English hand
Middle English hond
English hand
English -ed
English handed
English underhanded
From under- + handed.
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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