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barehanded

/bair-han-did/US // ˈbɛərˈhæn dɪd //UK // (ˌbɛəˈhændɪd) //

赤手空拳,徒手,光手,徒手的

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : with hands uncovered: He caught the baseball barehanded.
    • : without tools, weapons, or other means: foolishly coming barehanded to the besieged city.

Examples

  • Then he bounced a curve for an infield single against the shift, forcing Nolan Arenado to make a desperate barehanded attempt.

  • The two birds who'd been hacking at one another with the remains of their shotguns had settled it barehanded, too.

  • But assuredly I never dreamt of him as fighting a lion barehanded in a Roman arena in defence of a Roman girl.

  • And there upon the sands beside the sea we fought, barehanded and weaponless.

  • He would have rushed blindly out on the rotten ice, barehanded and alone, had the others not halted him.

  • I went up there ready to beat the world barehanded, to work on the frontier, to build that colony, and maybe lead another one.