palm
noun
verb
pɑːm noun
1
PART OF HAND
手的一部分
the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things 手掌,掌部
in sb’s palm
She looked at the coins in her palm.
她看了看掌中的硬币。
He held the pebble in the palm of his hand .
他把那颗卵石捏在手心里。
2
TREE
树
also 又作 a tropical tree which grows near beaches or in deserts, with a long straight trunk and large pointed leaves at the top 棕榈树
coconut palms
椰子树
3
hold/have sb in the palm of your hand
to have a strong influence on someone, so that they do what you want them to do 把某人攥在手心里,完全操纵 (控制 )某人
4
read sb’s palm
to tell someone what is going to happen to them in the future by looking at the lines on their hand 看某人的手相
verb
5 to hide something in the palm of your hand, especially when you are performing a magic trick or stealing something 〔尤指变戏法或偷东西时〕把…藏在手心里 (藏于手中 )
6 to give someone an explanation that is not true but that you hope they will accept 〔借口某事〕欺骗搪塞某人,骗过某人