palm
palm 英 [pɑ:m] 美 [pɑm]
n. 手掌;棕榈树;掌状物 vt. 将…藏于掌中
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- Your palm is the inside part of your hand. When you clap, you smack your palms together repeatedly.
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- n. 手掌;棕榈树;掌状物
- vt. 将…藏于掌中
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1. A bird settled on his palm.
一只鸟停落在他的手掌上。
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2. I kissed his palm.
我吻了他的手掌。
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3. The palm of one's hand is slightly concave.
人的手掌是微凹的。
- 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 root *pele- (2) "flat; to spread" (source also of Greek palame "open hand," Old Irish lam, Welsh llaw, Old English folm, Old High German folma "hand," Sanskrit panih "hand, hoof").
- 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)).
- palm (v.) "impose (something) on (someone)," 1670s, from palm (n.1). Extended form palm off is from 1822.
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