a handful of

• 少量的

a handful of的用法和样例：

例句

1. He picked up a handful of gravel and drew back his arm to throw. "Stop it, Peter, " Lucy called. "What do you think you are doing? For shame, leave them alone."
   他抓起一把石子，扬起胳膊就要扔。“住手，彼得。”露西叫道：“你为什么要这样？真丢脸，把石子放下。”
2. I picked up a handful of letters and began to open them.
   我拿起一叠信，开始把它们拆开。
3. 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。
4. 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。