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Handful Meaning Figurative 3129.Handful 英 Hæn(d)fʊl F(ə)L]美 Hænd,Fʊl

正面 3129.handful
英 ['hæn(d)fʊl; -f(ə)l]美 ['hænd,fʊl]

背面
释义:
n. 少数;一把;棘手事
例句:
1. Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity.仅有几个人回到临近地区工作。

strive斗争。 strife争斗。 stroke打击。 strike打击。 equity公正。 inequity不公正。 iniquity极不公正,邪恶。 rank腐臭的。 rancid腐臭的。 k变成c,-id是一个形容词尾表示'的'。 whir呼呼地飞。 whirl旋转,回旋。 whorl涡,轮,螺纹。 swirl漩涡,盘绕。

handful (n.)Old English handful "as much as can be held in the open hand;" see hand (n.) + -ful. Also a linear measurement of four inches, a handbreadth (early 15c.). Meaning "a small portion or part" is from mid-15c. Figurative meaning "as much as one can manage" is from 1755; figurative expression have (one's) hands full "have enough to do" is from late 15c. Plural handfulls. Similar formation in German handvoll, Danish haanfuld."

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