handful
handful
英[ˈhændfʊl]美[ˈhændfʊl]
n.少数，少量，一把（的量），难以控制的人（或动物），棘手事；
复数：handfuls;
例句
We invited 30 people, but only a handful came.我们邀请了30人, 但是只到了几个人。
When you squeeze a handful of snow, the flakes cohere to make a snowball.你把一团雪捏紧,雪就黏合成雪球。
A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning.一点小常识常胜过很多有价值的学问。出自：英语谚语
Steve barely said a handful of words during the first half hour.史蒂夫在前半小时里没说几句话.
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。
You may know by a handful the wholes sack.窥一斑而知全豹.
Mazing Run : A great dribbler whose quick turns and dummies are a handful for any defence.惊人突破-利用灵活转身突破防守.
I gained him his whole money, and had a handful of guineas in my lap.我把他所有的本钱全赢回来了, 我膝上还有满把的金币.
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.
He surveyed the handful of custo-mers at the bar.他打量着吧台那边零星的几个顾客。
英语六级真题
According to Mark Saul, the director of competitions for the Mathematical Association of America, not a single African-American or Hispanic student—and only a handful of girls—has ever made it to the Math Olympiad team in its 50 years of existence.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文A handful of lawsuits have been filed in recent years against companies accused of using misleading environmental labels.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文According to Mark Saul, the director of competitions for the Mathematical Association of America, not a single African-American or hispanic student—and only a handful of girls—has ever made it to the Math Olympiad team in its 50 years of existence.
2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BOnly a handful of islands in the Southern Ocean are suitable for sustaining large breeding colonies.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section CRetail prices for a handful of tomatoes at local markets have risen from $0.50 to $2.50.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-SING
几个;少数
A handful of people or things is a small number of them.
例句
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。N-COUNT
一把
A handful of something is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand.
例句
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.
例句
Zara can be a handful sometimes.扎拉有时很难管教。英汉词典释义
adj.
一把
少数
We invited 30 people, but only a handful came.我们邀请了30人, 但是只到了几个人。n.
一把（的量）；用手抓起的数量
少数人（或事物）
难以控制的人（或动物）
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a small number or amount;
"only a handful of responses were received"2. the quantity that can be held in the hand
