n手(巴)掌;掌心 (inside surface of the hand or a glove)[C]：stroke～s 握手;read sb's～看手相;He had a long scar across his～. 他的手掌上橫著一道長長的傷疤。He placed a coin in his～. 他把一枚硬幣放在手心里。have an itching～貪財;have sb in the palm of one's hand 使某人完全受控制(掌握);
vt (1)把……藏在手心或用手掌蓋住(conceal (an object) in the palm of the hand) [T+n]：～a coin/a card把一枚硬幣藏在手心/用手掌蓋住一張紙牌;
(2)用手掌觸摸或擊打(touch or strike with the palm or hand) [T+n，T+n+prep]：The old man is～ing his wrinkled face. 那老人摸著自己布滿皺紋的臉。The goalkeeper～ed the ball over the crossbar. 守門員將球擊出了球門橫梁。
plam off (with)(v adv)欺騙(vt)(infml)： It was immoral to try to～that old man off with a useless bicycle.企圖用一輛不能騎的自行車欺騙那個老人是不道德的。
palm off (on)(v adv.)(用欺騙手段)把……硬塞給(vt)： The salesman～ed off the faulty machine on the lady. 售貨員哄騙那女人買下那架有毛病的機器。
→′palmist n 看手相的;′palmistry n 手相術(shù)