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handful n.一把；少数；<非>难控制的人；棘手之事 (1) 他把手伸进袋里，取出一把小麦样品。(2) 这些是非都是由一小撮不满分子搬弄的。(3) 我们邀请了20 个人，但只来了寥寥数人。 You might find yourself eating handfuls of raspberries when you're supposed to be picking them to make jam. Another meaning of handful is "just a few," as in "There are only a handful of dogs at the dog park this morning." And a third way to use this word is to mean "incredibly difficult to handle." If your mom says, "You were a handful when you were a toddler," she means you were not easy.

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英 ['hændfʊl] 美 ['hændfʊl] (1) He dipped into the bag and brought out a handful of sample wheat.(2) All the trouble is being caused by a handful of malcontents.(3) We invited twenty people, but only a handful of them came. A handful is just a little of something, or the amount you can hold in your hand. It can be a literal handful, like a handful of popcorn, or it can mean just a few, like a handful of trucks. 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。

英语单词	handful
英美音标	英 ['hændfʊl] 美 ['hændfʊl]
中文释义	n.一把；少数；<非>难控制的人；棘手之事
英语例句	(1) He dipped into the bag and brought out a handful of sample wheat. (2) All the trouble is being caused by a handful of malcontents. (3) We invited twenty people, but only a handful of them came.
中文例句	(1) 他把手伸进袋里，取出一把小麦样品。 (2) 这些是非都是由一小撮不满分子搬弄的。 (3) 我们邀请了20 个人，但只来了寥寥数人。
vocabulary简明	A handful is just a little of something, or the amount you can hold in your hand. It can be a literal handful, like a handful of popcorn, or it can mean just a few, like a handful of trucks.
vocabulary扩展	You might find yourself eating handfuls of raspberries when you're supposed to be picking them to make jam. Another meaning of handful is "just a few," as in "There are only a handful of dogs at the dog park this morning." And a third way to use this word is to mean "incredibly difficult to handle." If your mom says, "You were a handful when you were a toddler," she means you were not easy.
柯林斯解释	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。

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