1 the flat, inner surface of your hand 手掌;掌心;手心:
She held the coins tightly in the palm of her hand.她把那些硬币紧紧握在手心里。☞picture at body 见body插图
2 (also palm tree) a tall straight type of tree that grows in hot countries. Palms have a lot of large leaves at the top but no branches. 棕榈树
☞picture on page C2 见C2页插图
palm²
/pɑ:m ||; pɑm/verbpalm sb off (with sth)(informal 非正式) to persuade sb to believe sth that is not true in order to stop him/her asking questions or complaining (用…)搪塞某人
palm sth off (on sb) to persuade sb to accept sth that he/she does not want 把…推给某人:
She's always palming off the worst jobs on her assistant.她总是把最糟糕的活儿打发给助手。
palm1/pɑm; pɑːm/n [C] 1 the surface of your hand in which you hold things 手掌: He held the pebble in the palm of his hand . 他把卵石握在手掌心里。see picture at见 HAND1 图2 a palm tree 棕榈树
palm2v palm sth off phr v to persuade someone to take or buy something that is not of good quality or is not what they really want 哄骗〔某人〕接受〔某物〕﹔把〔某物〕骗卖给〔某人〕: +on/onto My brother's always trying to palm his old clothes off on me. 我哥哥老是想把他的旧衣服塞给我。palm sb off with sthphr v to give someone an explanation that is not true but that you hope they will accept〔用借口〕欺骗搪塞: She's always palming me off with excuses. 她老是找借口来搪塞我。
palmpalmpalmspalmedpalmingnoun1the flat part of the front of your hand2(alsopalm tree) a tree that grows in hot countries, with no branches and a lot of big leaves at the top: a coconut palm