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handful handful ★★☆☆☆/hæ̱ndfʊl/1[N-SING	单数名词]几个；少数 A handful of people or things is a small number of them.   [usu N of n]He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar...他打量着吧台那边零星的几个顾客。One spring morning a handful of potential investors assembled in Quincy.春天的一个早上，几位有望投资者聚集在昆西。2[N-COUNT	可数名词]一把 A handful of something is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand.   [usu N of n]She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.她抓起一把沙子，让它从指缝里一点点漏下来。3[N-SING	单数名词]难管的人（尤指孩子） If you say that someone, especially a child, is a handful, you mean that they are difficult to control.   [INFORMAL 非正式]Zara can be a handful sometimes.扎拉有时很难管教。 handfulhand‧ful /ˈhændfʊl/ ●●○ noun  Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1[countable] an amount that you can hold in your handhandful of The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us.2a handful of something a very small number of people or things:  There were only a handful of people there.3be a handful informal 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.

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jEPoK/1xFvkT+4I2iOf8EY3S4A7AiwyaRvrl/ERIv0uukXcX+J8ZcUKjNENUEz9DbI7XBNGxmuiY9QUqcTqI+a2KEtxOyzGKPPgExa1RKgx/QYwIpec8bbMwECPQ8x8apZhgHvhoDMT58y9INYSmYsq4vEX718oY8nyPIKyvRg0=             hand·ful              /        ˈhændfʊl                ;          NAmE                ˈhændfʊl                /                              noun                            1              [countable        ]                    handful(of sth)                    the amount of sth that can be held in one hand          一把（的量）；用手抓起的数量                            ◆        a handful of rice        一把米                    2              [singular        ]                    handful(of sb/sth)                    a small number of people or things          少数人（或物）                            ◆        Only a handful of people came.        只有少数几个人来了。                    3      a        handful                    [singular        ]                    (          informal)                a person or an animal that is difficult to control          难以控制的人（或动物）                            ◆        Her children can be a real handful.        她的孩子们有时很难管教。                    handful      handfuls                  hand·ful              /        ˈhændfʊl                ;          NAmE                ˈhændfʊl                /             handful[ˈhændfʊl]CET4CET6TEM4考研TOEFLn31281063410952427302330371052NOUN4027259118Spoken:42536226handfuls[236]少数(61%)，一把(38%)，棘手之事(1%)n.少数；一把；棘手事

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Collins	handful ★★☆☆☆ /hæ̱ndfʊl/ 1 [N-SING 单数名词]几个；少数 A handful of people or things is a small number of them. [usu N of n] He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar... 他打量着吧台那边零星的几个顾客。 One spring morning a handful of potential investors assembled in Quincy. 春天的一个早上，几位有望投资者聚集在昆西。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一把 A handful of something is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand. [usu N of n] She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers. 她抓起一把沙子，让它从指缝里一点点漏下来。 3 [N-SING 单数名词]难管的人（尤指孩子） If you say that someone, especially a child, is a handful, you mean that they are difficult to control. [INFORMAL 非正式] Zara can be a handful sometimes. 扎拉有时很难管教。
Oxford	hand·ful / ˈhændfʊl ; NAmE ˈhændfʊl / noun 1 [countable ] handful(of sth) the amount of sth that can be held in one hand 一把（的量）；用手抓起的数量 ◆ a handful of rice 一把米 2 [singular ] handful(of sb/sth) a small number of people or things 少数人（或物） ◆ Only a handful of people came. 只有少数几个人来了。 3 a handful [singular ] ( informal) a person or an animal that is difficult to control 难以控制的人（或动物） ◆ Her children can be a real handful. 她的孩子们有时很难管教。 handful handfuls hand·ful / ˈhændfʊl ; NAmE ˈhændfʊl /
LDC	handfulhand‧ful /ˈhændfʊl/ ●●○ noun Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1[countable] an amount that you can hold in your handhandful of The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us.2a handful of something a very small number of people or things: There were only a handful of people there.3be a handful informal 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.
WDF	handful [ˈhændfʊl] CET4CET6TEM4考研TOEFL n3128 10634 1095 2427 3023 3037 1052 NOUN4027 259118 Spoken: 42536226 handfuls[236] 少数(61%)，一把(38%)，棘手之事(1%) n.少数；一把；棘手事

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