| 词汇 | old-hand |
| 释义 | old hand noun[ C ] uk /ˌəʊld ˈhænd/ us /ˌoʊld ˈhænd/ someone who is very experienced and skilled in a particular area of activity: 老手，富有经验的人 We should be able to trust Silva to negotiate a good deal for us - he's an old hand at the game.们应能相信席尔瓦会为我们谈成一笔好生意——他精于此道。 Synonyms old-timerinformal veteran Compare warhorse Experts and specialists academician artist authority boffin child prodigy doyenne know something inside outidiom lapidary Latin Americanist literati maven savant semiotician skilled smart money sports scientist whizz wonder wonderkid wunderkind Examples of old handold hand The position is difficult in the steel works which formerly supplied the oldhand mills. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now he has come back to the fray, and as an oldhand in these matters he has welcomed the timetable that has been allocated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should still be left with the oldhand-loom weaving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I, being an oldhand at all of these matters, take a rather wider view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is new at the game, and the oldhand wins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was simply saying that these oldhand mills had closed down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This applies particularly to what are known as wasters, which are a large part of the production of the oldhand works. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means less dust than even with the oldhand pick, more large coal and fewer accidents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This firm was very anxious indeed to save hundreds of man-hours by spraying coaches instead of using the oldhand-brush method. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This seems to me, as an oldhand at trade union organisation, to be a perfectly reasonable proposition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the transition from "oldhand"to"old hat" is a very short one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am an oldhand on these occasions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am becoming something of an oldhand at these debates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have that on the testimony both of the oldhand and the new. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I see nothing wrong with recreating and redeveloping oldhand skills that we once had for working in wood, brass, wool, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of old hand These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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