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Handful N Sing 英[ˈhændfʊl 美[ˈhændˌfʊl N.少数,少量;一把(的量);难以控制的人(或动物);棘手事 几个;少数 People Things

单词 handful
音标
英[ˈhændfʊl] 美[ˈhændˌfʊl]
解释
n.少数,少量;一把(的量);难以控制的人(或动物);棘手事;
例句

N-SING
几个;少数
A handful of people or things is a small number of them.
例:He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar...他打量着吧台那边零星的几个顾客。
例: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。

N-COUNT
一把
A handful of something is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand.
例: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。

N-SING
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.
例:Zara can be a handful sometimes.扎拉有时很难管教。
变形
pl:handfuls~

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