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handful

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hand·ful /ˈhændfʊl/ ●●○ noun  
1  [countableC]TM an amount that you can hold in your hand 一把
handful of
 The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us.
那男孩捡起一把石子，开始朝我们扔过来。
2  a handful of something FEW/NOT MANYa very small number of people or things 几个人[物]，少数人[物]
 There were only a handful of people there.
那里只有几个人。
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a handful of something• There's nothing to beat a handful of mushrooms in with a rabbit stew.• The license limit has prevented retail chains from selling alcoholic beverages at all but a handful of locations.• Lures: Get a handful of 4-and 5-inch plastic ocean lures.• What counts is having a handful of young that are exceptional.• Nanomachines could rearrange the atoms in a handful of dirt and produce bread or any other food.• With modest resources, the Agriculture Department is introducing the new technologies to growers in a handful of pilot projects nationwide.• All these packages have the three core applications, plus a handful of additional features.• However, there were a handful of occasions at Cely when her husband's restraining influence was very much a factor.
3  be a handful informalCONTROL someone, especially a child, who is a handful is difficult to control 是难管教[控制]的人〔尤指孩子〕
 She’s a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a handful sometimes.
她是个可爱的孩子，不过有时候会比较难管。
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be a handful• In it was a handful of small sherds.• It was a handful of teams from all over the map.• That is a handful of the most visible Salomon mortgage traders on Wall Street.• He's not alone; there are a handful of others who have nowhere else to go.• However, there were a handful of occasions at Cely when her husband's restraining influence was very much a factor.• There is a handful of raw-material exports.• There were a handful of men in the audience when I saw the film.• Foremost among provincial towns were a handful of regional capitals with populations upwards of five or six thousand.
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handful• She had three more falls before she and a handful of other players started stick and balling.• Sports Illustrated for Kids asked a handful of athletes whether they had invented anything when they were kids.• As for Jimmy, he chooses from a handful of set comments, so he hasn't a great deal to say.• The trial is the first of a handful of high-profile cases expected within the next few months.• They played a handful of tunes from their new album.• Looking down where the water of the canal licked the rocks, I saw a handful of date pits.• The new book is by a man who's already written a handful of best-sellers, most of them about moles.• Gradually, the number of individual objectors prepared to enter the fray began to expand outside the initial handful.• Prior to 1986 only a small handful of networks existed within the research and education community.
handful of• I scooped up a handful of dinner mints as we left the restaurant.
hand·ful noun
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TOEFL BNC: 4262 COCA: 3109
handful

noun¹

 1amount that can be held in one hand一把的量ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤good滿滿一把▸➤double兩把◇She bent and pulled up a double handful of weeds.她彎下腰拔了兩把野草。PREPOSITION➤handful of一把⋯◇She grabbed handfuls of the dirty snow.她抓了幾把髒雪。
handful

noun²

 2small number of people/things少的數量ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤small, tiny寥寥無幾；零星幾個▸➤mere區區幾個◇Having to cope with a mere handful of staff was too much for her.不得不靠區區幾名員工支撑局面，這對她來說太難了。➤good, large好幾個；一大把◇She has a good handful of Hollywood roles under her belt.她取得了好幾個好萊塢角色。PREPOSITION➤handful of幾個⋯◇Only a handful of people know the true situation.只有幾個人知道實情。PHRASES➤just a handful of sth, only a handful of sth只有幾個⋯◇We have received only a small handful of letters on this subject.關於這個問題的來信我們只收到寥寥幾封。
TOEFL BNC: 4262 COCA: 3109
TOEFL BNC: 4262 COCA: 3109
handful
Small numbers and quantities: few, minority, minimum...
Amounts of things described according to what holds them: armful, bag, basket...
People who cause trouble or problems: troublemaker, nuisance, trial...

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