palm
I.palm1 /pɑːm $ pɑːm, pɑːlm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1. PART OF HAND the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things in sb’s palm She looked at the coins in her palm. He held the pebble in the palm of his hand. 2. TREE (also palm tree) a tropical tree which grows near beaches or in deserts, with a long straight trunk and large pointed leaves at the top: coconut palms 3. hold/have somebody in the palm of your hand to have a strong influence on someone, so that they do what you want them to do 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 ⇨ cross sb’s palm (with silver) at ↑cross1(18), ⇨ grease sb’s palm at ↑grease2(2) II.palm2 BrE AmE verb [transitive] to hide something in the palm of your hand, especially when you are performing a magic trick or stealing something palm something ↔ off phrasal verb to persuade someone to accept or buy something that is not of good quality or is not the thing that they really want palm something ↔ off on/onto He tried to palm off his old books onto me. palm something ↔ off as Dealers sometimes palm off fakes as genuine works of art. palm somebody off with something phrasal verb to give someone an explanation that is not true but that you hope they will accept
palmhu◎ | [pɑ:m] | ※ | danh từ | | ■ | (thực vật học) cây cọ (palm tree) | | ■ | cây họ cọ | | ☆ | a date palm | | cây chà là | | ☆ | a coconut palm | | cây dừa | | ■ | lá của loại cây họ cọ (tượng trưng cho chiến thắng) | | ■ | (nghĩa bóng) chiến thắng; giải | | ☆ | to bear (carry) the palm | | chiến thắng, đoạt giải | | ☆ | to yield the palm | | chịu thua | | ■ | gan bàn tay, lòng bàn tay | | ☆ | read somebody's palm | | xem tướng tay của ai | | ■ | lòng găng tay | | ☆ | gloves with leather palms | | lòng găng tay bằng da | | ■ | gan bàn tay (đơn vị (đo lường): rộng 4 insơ, dài 8 insơ) | | 〆 | to grease (cross) someone's palm | | ✓ | hối lộ ai, đút lót ai | ※ | ngoại động từ | | ■ | giấu (quân bài, con súc sắc..) trong lòng bàn tay | | ■ | sờ bằng gan bàn tay, đánh bằng lòng bàn tay | | ■ | hối lộ, đút lót (ai) | | ■ | (thông tục) biện bạch | | ■ | đùn đẩy; thuyết phục ai khác chấp nhận người đó, vật đó | | ■ | (+ off) đánh lừa, đánh lộn sòng, đánh tráo | | ☆ | to palm off something upon (on) somebody | | đánh lừa để tống cái gì cho ai |
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