Contact with home seems to have charged him with fresh courage. He wrote a work on electricity, which for lack of means was never published, and improved his penmanship until he could write a fair round backhand at the rate of forty-five words a minute--that is to say, the utmost that an operator can send by the Morse code. The style was chosen for its clearness, each letter being distinctly formed, with little or no shading.英文原著 · 《Heroes of the Telegraph》
With a backhand he knocked Cameron flat, out of range. Cameron dropped to the floor as if dead. "What the deuce do you mean, Jerry?" he cried. "You nearly knocked the wind out of me!"
"Beeg fool you!" grunted Jerry fiercely, dragging him back into the tunnel out of the light. "Let me go, Jerry!" cried Cameron in a rage, struggling to free himself from the grip of the wiry half-breed. "Mak' still!" hissed Jerry, laying his hand over Cameron's mouth. "Indian mad--crazy--tak' scalp sure queeck."
"Let me go, Jerry, you little fool!" said Cameron. "I'll kill you if you don't!英文原著 · 《The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail》
I will take that as a genuine compliment, not a backhanded one.美剧 · 《Billions》
Excuse me, little one. I have a very solid backhand.美剧 · 《Friends》
Gemma, you have the number one backhand smash in the world.美剧 · 《Shameless》
Lord, please let my baby girls grow up to have wicked backhands and 120 mile-per-hour serves.美剧 · 《Shameless》