handful
英 [ˈhændfʊl]
美 [ˈhændfʊl]
n. 一把(的量); 用手抓起的数量; 少数人(或物); 难以控制的人(或动物)
复数:handfuls
Collins.2 / BNC.4262 / COCA.3109
牛津词典
noun
- 一把(的量);用手抓起的数量
the amount of sth that can be held in one hand- a handful of rice
一把米
- a handful of rice
- 少数人(或物)
a small number of people or things- Only a handful of people came.
只有少数几个人来了。
- Only a handful of people came.
- 难以控制的人(或动物)
a person or an animal that is difficult to control- Her children can be a real handful.
她的孩子们有时很难管教。
- Her children can be a real handful.
柯林斯词典
- N-SING 几个;少数
Ahandful ofpeople or things is a small number of them.- 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。
- He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar...
- N-COUNT 一把
Ahandful ofsomething is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand.- 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。
- She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.
- N-SING 难管的人(尤指孩子)
If you say that someone, especially a child, is ahandful, you mean that they are difficult to control.- Zara can be a handful sometimes.
扎拉有时很难管教。
- Zara can be a handful sometimes.
英英释义
noun
- the quantity that can be held in the hand
- a small number or amount
- only a handful of responses were received
双语例句
- Zara can be a handful sometimes.
扎拉有时很难管教。 - Only a handful of firms offer share option schemes to all their employees.
只有少数几家公司向所有员工提供股票期权方案。 - Only a handful have received licences so far.
迄今只有少数几家合资企业获得了牌照。 - So I have selected a handful of my favourite sites to save you time.
因此,我选择了几个我最喜欢的网站推荐出来,以节省你们的时间。 - The band are playing a handful of shows at smaller venues.
乐队要在小一点的场馆举办几场演出。 - This disease is usually incurable, but in a handful of cases the patients have survived.
这种病通常是不可治愈的,但在少数病例中病人存活了。 - They constitute but a handful of the number.
他们只不过是其中的一小撮。 - Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity
仅有几个人回到临近地区工作。 - Frank emptied a handful of loose change on the table
弗兰克将一把零钱撒在桌子上。 - Only a handful of governments in the world have banned free plastic bags.
世界上只有为数不多的几个国家和地区的政府禁止使用塑料袋。