英和和英

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名詞

1

（＝手の先） the fingers

用例

• 彼は手先が器用だ
  He is clever with his fingers―deft-handed.

• うちの女中は手先が不器用だ
  She has two left hands
  Her fingers are all thumbs.

2

（＝お先、先棒） a tool; a cat's paw

用例

• 人を手先に使う
  to make a cat's paw of a man―make a tool of a man―use a man as a tool

• 悪事の手先に使われた
  He used me to further his evil designs.