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handsel

/han-suhl/US // ˈhæn səl //

帅哥,手部,帅气,帅帅

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
    • : a first installment of payment.
    • : the initial experience of anything; first encounter with or use of something taken as a token of what will follow; foretaste.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    hand·seled, hand·sel·ing or hand·selled, hand·sel·ling.

    • : to give a handsel to.
    • : to inaugurate auspiciously.
    • : to use, try, or experience for the first time.

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Examples

  • "And here's a handsel to cross his palm," added Harry, passing the piper something invisible.

  • He would instantly give him a 'handsel' of harrying to stay his proud stomach.

  • But the devil a sou the devils took; far from taking handsel, they were flouted and jeered by the country louts.

  • "Mercury hath sent us precious handsel this morning, truly," said he, when his diversion was concluded.

  • A bareheaded lassie, hoping to be handsel, threw down twopence, and asked tape at three yards for a halfpenny.