handy

adjective · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

handierhandiest

Superlative

hendy

1.
Easy to use, useful.
Some people regard duct tape as a handy fix-all.
2.
Nearby, within reach.
You wouldn’t have a screwdriver handy, would you?
I keep a first-aid kit handy in case of emergency.
Đồng nghĩa: at hand, on hand, to hand
3.
Dexterous, skilful. (of a person)
She's very handy: she made all her own kitchen cupboards.
Đồng nghĩa: crafty
4.
(slang)Physically violent; tending to use one's fists.
5.
Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

handies

1.
(childish)The hand.
2.
(Multicultural London English, slang)(MLE, slang) A handgun.
3.
(slang, vulgar)A hand job.
Đồng nghĩa: wristy
4.
(mostly used by Germans) Synonym of mobile phone.
Đồng nghĩa: mobile phone

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

at handon handto handcrafty wristymobile phone

Trái nghĩa

awkward

Cùng gốc / liên quan

come in handyhandicamhandilyhandimanhandinesshandiwomanhandwriting on the wallhandyishhandymanhandypersonhandywomanunhandyhandsies

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English handy, hondi (attested in personal names), alteration of earlier hendi (handy, skillful), from Old English *hendiġ (skillful) (attested in listhendiġ (skilled in art)), from *handīg, *handag, *handug, from Proto-Germanic *handugaz (handy, skillful, nimble), from *handuz (hand), equivalent to hand + -y.