新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

handful

英 [ˈhændfʊl]

[NOUN]

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NOUN. 名词

handfuls
1. [SING 单数型名词] 少数
A handful of people or things is a small number of them.
双语例句
例：
He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar.
他打量着吧台边仅有的几位顾客。
2. [C 可数名词] 一把
A handful of something is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand.
双语例句
例：
She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.
她抓了一把沙子，然后让它们从指缝间慢慢漏掉。
3. [SING 单数型名词] 难管的人（尤指小孩）
If you say that someone, especially a child, is a handful, you mean that they are difficult to control.
双语例句
例：
Zara can be a handful sometimes.
扎拉有时会很难管教。

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