palm
[pɑ:m] noun countable
HAND 手
ADVANCED
■the inside part of your hand from your wrist to the base of your fingers 手掌，手心•This tiny device fits into the palm of your hand.这个微型装置可以放入你的掌心。 read sb's palm
■to look at the lines on the inside of someone's hand and tell them what these lines say about their character and their future 给（某人）看手相（算命）
[pɑ:m] noun countable
TREE 树 (also palm tree)
■a tree that grows in hot countries and has a tall trunk with a mass of long pointed leaves at the top 棕榈树•date palms枣椰树 •palm fronds棕榈叶 •The island has long golden beaches fringed by palm trees.这个小岛周围金色海滩绵延，环抱于绿色的棕榈中。
[pɑ:m] noun countable
have sb in the palm of your hand (also have sb eating out of the palm of your hand)
■to have complete control over someone and to be able to make them do anything you want them to 把（某人）抓在手心里，完全控制（某人）•He had the audience in the palm of his hand.他牢牢地抓住了观众的心。
[pɑ:m] verb transitive
■to make something seem to disappear by hiding it in the palm of your hand as part of a trick, or to steal something by picking it up in a way that will not be noticed （变戏法或偷窃时）把…藏在手心内•I suspected that he had palmed a playing card.我怀疑他把一张纸牌藏在手心里。
[pɑ:m] verb transitive
Phrasal Verbs [M] palm sth off
■to give away something, or persuade someone to accept something, because you do not want it and you know it has no value 把（自己不想要或无价值的东西）硬塞给（或卖给）•She tried to palm her old car off on me.她试图骗我买下她那辆旧汽车。
[pɑ:m] verb transitive
Phrasal Verbs palm sb off with sth
■to give someone an untrue or unsatisfactory answer, or to give them something that has no value in order to try to satisfy them and make them go away 用（不实或应付之辞或无价值之物）打发（某人）•You're not going to palm me off with that feeble excuse.你别妄想可以用那个站不住脚的借口打发我。 |