handful
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英 ['h?n(d)f?l; -f(?)l]
美['h?nd,f?l]
- n. 少數(shù)；一把；棘手事
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?handfuls;
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity.
- 僅有幾個(gè)人回到臨近地區(qū)工作。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. One spring morning a handful of potential investors assembled in Quincy.
- 春天的一個(gè)早上，幾位有望投資者聚集在昆西。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. A handful of onlookers stand in the field watching.
- 少數(shù)幾個(gè)旁觀者站在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)觀看。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. He surveyed the handful of custo-mers at the bar.
- 他打量著吧臺(tái)那邊零星的幾個(gè)顧客。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Steve barely said a handful of words during the first half hour.
- 史蒂夫在前半小時(shí)里沒說(shuō)幾句話.
來(lái)自柯林斯例句