hand to hand Idioma
from hand to hand
from one person to another and another The plate of food went from hand to hand until finally it was all finished.
hand to hand
in close personal contact短兵相接;肉搏
Our troops advanced and engaged the enemy in hand to hand fighting.我军向前挺进,并同敌人短兵相接。
from hand to hand|from|hand
adv. phr. From one person to another and another.
The box of candy was passed from hand to hand. Jane brought her engagement ring, and it passed from hand to hand until all the girls had admired it.
hand to hand|hand
adv. phr. Close together, near enough to hit each other.
The two soldiers fought hand to hand until one fell badly wounded. In modern naval warfare, men seldom fight hand to hand. Compare: FACE TO FACE.
hand to hand
Involving or characterized by bodies in abutting adjacency to one another. Hyphenated if acclimated as a modifier afore a noun. The announcer confused duke to duke amid the army of protesters to get a bigger faculty of their assorted concerns. The Internet has adapted blowing from a hand-to-hand act to one done from a distance.Learn more: handhand to hand
1. In abutting combat; also, at abutting quarters. For example, If the adversary came any afterpiece they would anon be angry duke to hand. This expression, dating from about 1400, is usually belted to aggressive contexts but occasionally sees added accepted use.
2. from duke to hand. From one being to another; through a assumption of persons. For example, The instructions were anesthetized from duke to duke until anybody had apparent them, or Over the ancestors the ancestors albums went from duke to hand. [Mid-1500s] Learn more: handhand to hand
(of fighting) at abutting quarters.Learn more: hand