handfuls

英 ['hændfʊl] 美 ['hændfʊl]

• n. 一把；少数；<非>难控制的人；棘手之事

名词复数: handfuls

handful的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

详尽释义

n. (名词)

1. 一把，一握，一小撮
2. 少数，少量，几个，寥寥无几，屈指可数
3. <口>难控制的人
4. 麻烦事，棘手的事
5. 用手抓起的数量
6. <俚>5年徒刑
7. <俚>五，五个

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]一把 an amount which is as much as can easily be held in the hand
2. [C]少数 a small number (of people)

英英释义

Noun:

1. a small number or amount;

   "only a handful of responses were received"
   

2. the quantity that can be held in the hand

handful的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。

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

经典引文

• He put down the handful of crayons he was holding.

  出自： R. C. Hutchinson

• He..stooped now and then to gather great handfuls from the carpet of forget-me-nots.

  出自： D. Prater

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近反义词

【近义词】

• few
• several