palm
noun [ C ] uk/pɑːm/ us/pɑːm/
(HAND)
C2 手掌，手心
the inside part of your hand from your wrist to the base of your fingers
This tiny device fits into the palm of your hand. 这种微型装置可以放入你的掌心。
read someone's palm 给（某人）看手相（算命）
to look at the lines on the inside of someone's hand and say what these lines say about their character and future
- More examples
- She sighed and rested her chin in the palm of her hand.
- In a tent an old gypsy woman was reading palms.
- You've got horribly sweaty palms.
- He shouted her name and slapped his palms on the table.
- She was clutching a small coin in the palm of her hand.
(TREE)
C1 (also palm tree)棕榈树
a tree that grows in hot countries and has a tall trunk with a mass of long pointed leaves at the top
date palms 枣椰树
palm fronds 棕榈叶
The island has long golden beaches fringed by palm trees. 这个小岛周围金色海滩绵延，环抱于绿色的棕榈中。
Idiom
have someone in the palm of your handidiom (also have someone eating out of the palm of your hand) 把（某人）攥在手心里，完全控制（某人）
to have complete control over someone and to be able to make them do anything you want
He had the audience in the palm of his hand. 他牢牢地抓住了观众的心。
palm
verb [ T ] uk/pɑːm/ us/pɑːm/
（变戏法或偷窃时）把…藏在手心内
to make something seem to disappear by hiding it in the palm of your hand as part of a trick, or to steal something by picking it up in a way that will not be noticed
I suspected that he had palmed a playing card. 我怀疑他把一张纸牌藏在了手心里。
Phrasal verbs
palm something off 把（自己不想要或无价值的东西）硬塞给（或卖给）
to give away something, or persuade someone to accept something, because you do not want it and you know it has no value
She tried to palm her old car off on me. 她试图骗我买下她那辆旧汽车。
palm someone off with something 用（不实或应付之词或无价值之物）打发（某人）
to give someone an untrue or unsatisfactory answer, or to give someone something that has no value in order to try to satisfy them and make them go away
You're not going to palm me off with that feeble excuse. 你别想用那个站不住脚的借口打发我。