handful
美音:
[´hænd´fu:l
]英音:
[´hænd´fu:l
]n.一把,少数
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handful为高中词汇
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名词复数:handfuls
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handful
/'hændfʊl; `hændful/
n (pl -fuls)
1 [C] ~ (of sth) as much or as many as can be held in one hand 一把
*pick up a handful of sand 抓起一把沙子.
2 [sing] ~ (of sb/sth) small number 少数; 少量
*a handful of people 少数几个人.
3 a handful [sing] (infml 口) person or animal that is difficult to control 难控制的人或动物
*That young lad is quite a handful, ie is lively and troublesome. 那个小伙子真难管束(活泼而淘气).
handful
n
[C]
an amount that you can hold in your hand
handful of
The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us.
a handful of sth
a very small number of people or things
There were only a handful of people there.
be a handfulinformal
someone, especially a child, who is a handful is difficult to control
She's a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a handful sometimes.
1. All the trouble is being caused by a handful of malcontents. 这些是非都是由一小撮不满分子搬弄的.
2. Much depended upon the handful of pilots who rose day after day and night after night to meet the flocks of Nazi bombers. 在很大程度上还要感谢那为数不多的日日夜夜驾机升空、迎击那一群群纳粹轰炸机的飞行员们。
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