handful

handful怎么读

英式音标：[ˈhændfʊl]

美式音标：[ˈhændˌfʊl]

handful基本解释

n. 少数；一把；棘手事

handful的意思释义

n.

少数，少量；一把（的量）；难以控制的人（或动物）；棘手事

变形

复数：handfuls

双语释义

[C]一把 an amount which is as much as can easily be held in the hand

[C]少数 a small number (of people)

英英释义

n.

a small number or amount

\"only a handful of responses were received\"

同义词：smattering

the quantity that can be held in the hand

同义词：fistful

handful用法及例句

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

mere〔small〕 handful极少数

～+介词

a handful of rice一把米

a handful of students少数学生

a handful of warmongers一小撮战争贩子

词组短语

a handful of一把；少量的；一小部分

a handful of people少数的人；少量的几个人

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

He dipped into the bag and brought out a handful of sample wheat.

他把手伸进袋里，取出一把小麦样品。

All the trouble is being caused by a handful of malcontents.

这些是非都是由一小撮不满分子搬弄的。

We invited twenty people, but only a handful of them came.

我们邀请了20 个人，但只来了寥寥数人。

例句参考

A handful of carbon

Vocal Handful Protest AHCA at Capitol

Merchants of Doubt. How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

Merchants of Doubt. How a Handful of Scientists ...

Friedrich Hirzebruch – a handful of reminiscences

A Handful of Heuristics and Some Propositions for Understanding Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems

The Theory of the Growth of the Firm

SERVQUAL: A multiple-item scale for measuring consumer perceptions of service quality.

The theory of the growth of the firm /

handful词源

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.

handful相关例句

1.a handful of passengers

少数旅客

8.a few ; a handful

几个;一些