英和和英

読み方 しょうちゅう

名詞

In one's hands; in one's power; at one's mercy; within one's grasp

用例

• 彼は我が掌中に在り
  He is in my power―at my mercy.

• 掌中の玉
  the prize within one's grasp
• 掌中の玉をみすみす取り逃がした
  I lost, with my eyes open, the prize within my grasp.
• 掌中の玉を失ったよう
  I have lost the prize within my grasp.
• 掌中の玉と愛す
  to love a child as the apple of one's eye
• 掌中の一羽は叢中の二羽に勝る
  “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 掌中に陥る、掌中に帰す
  to fall into one's hands―fall into one's possession―fall into one's power
• 二百三高地が我が掌中に帰した時は旅順の運命は旦夕に迫った
  When the 203-Metre Heights fell into our hands, the days of Port Arthur were numbered.
• この証文を書いて彼の掌中に陥ったのだ
  By signing this bond, I placed myself in his power.
• 部下黜陟｛ちゅっちょく｝の権は彼の掌中にあり
  He holds the destinies of his subordinates in his hands.
• 我らの運命は彼の掌中にあり
  He holds out fate in his hands.