Open your hand and look at the inside — that soft, slightly cupped surface where you hold things. That flat inner hand is the picture the whole word grows from.
From the word’s history
From Latin palma, 'the palm of the hand'. Even the tree is named from this: a palm tree's big fronds spread out at the top like the fingers of an open hand.
源自拉丁文 palma，本義就是「手掌」。連棕櫚樹也是由此得名：樹頂那叢大葉子向四面張開，很像一隻攤開的手、五指伸展。
etymonline / Wiktionary: Latin palma 'palm of the hand'; tree named for hand-like fronds
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原始詞典資料19 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Palmname詞源 1
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A surname mainly of Scandinavian origin.
palmnoun詞源 1/pɑːm/
- 1
Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
- 2
A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
- A great multitude […] stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands.
- 3
Triumph; victory.
- 4
Any of the twenty-three awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning eighteen years old.
palmnoun詞源 2/pɑːm/
- 1
The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- On the boys' palms were handfuls of sand.
- The chiromancer examined my palms first, and eventually had my hands photographed.
- 2
The corresponding part of the forefoot of a nonprimate mammal.
- 3
historicalSynonym of hand, any of various units of length notionally derived from the breadth of the palm, formalized in England as 4 inches and now chiefly used for the height of horses
- He found it to be ninety-five fathoms wide, and five palms deep at a place of average depth
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historicalAny of various units of length notionally derived from the length of the palm from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
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artscraftshobbiesA metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
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The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
- They watched until the younger bull received a second cut, this one on his flank from a point on the brow palm that would have impaled him if he hadn't jumped out of the way.
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nauticaltransportThe flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
palmverb詞源 2/pɑːm/
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To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g., for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
- 2
To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
- John palmed the ball.
- 3
To move something with the palm of the hand.
- The home side's goalkeeper Asmir Begovic managed to palm the drive on to the post but the sheer pace of the shot forced the ball into the net.
- 4
To use one's palm as identification to get through a door or security checkpoint.
- I palmed in to work.
- She palmed the door as she talked to the security guard.
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obsoleteslangTo bribe.
- He never again appeared in the house where practices of this description are carried on every night, and where officers of the police are palmed (bribed) for their forbearance.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。