underhandadj.
英 'ʌndəhænd | 美 ,ʌndɚ'hænd
中文adj. （球赛时投球）下投的；阴险的\nadv. 欺诈地；以下手投
（球赛时投球）下投的；阴险的
adv. 欺诈地；以下手投
词根词源
underhand (adv.)mid-14c., "by secret means, stealthily, in a surreptitious manner," from under + hand (n.). Perhaps the notion is of the hand turned over (thus concealing what it holds). Compare Middle Dutch onderhanden "by degrees, slowly," Dutch onderhandsch "secret, private." The adjective is attested from 1540s. Old English under hand meant "in subjection, in (one\\'s) control or power."
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