handful
美 [ˈhæn(d)ˌfʊl]
英 [ˈhæn(d)fʊl] 
- n.一把(的量);用手抓起的数量;少数人(或物)
- 网络一小撮;少量;一把的
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英汉双解
1. | [c] ~ (of sth) 一把(的量);用手抓起的数量the amount of sth that can be held in one hand |
2. | [sing] ~ (of sb/sth) 少数人(或物)a small number of people or things |
| Only a handful of people came. 只有少数几个人来了。 |
3. | [sing]
a ~ 难以控制的人(或动物)a person or an animal that is difficult to control |
| Her children can be a real handful. 她的孩子们有时很难管教。 |
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例句
Fourteen years of higher education and a handful of Ivy League degrees, and there I was, stiff and stupid, struck dumb by my own dumbness.
我十四年的大学教育和在几所常春藤大学工作的经历使得我傻乎乎站在那里,笨拙不堪,尴尬不已。
I hate measuring, and I say things like: a pinch of salt, a handful of flour, some of this and a splosh of that.
我讨厌测量食物,而且我常常这样说:一小撮盐,一把面粉,一些这个和一些那个。
He took out a handful of nuts from his pocket, gnawed at them and began to eat.
于是他装出若无其事的样子,从口袋里掏出一把坚果,咬于壳,吃起果仁来。
For about a year an average of a dozen people met each Tuesday morning, and Rose came just a handful of times.
那个查经班每周二上午聚会,维持了约一年的时间,每次平均有十二人出席,而鲁思只出现过几次。
If you read just a handful of these reactions, you will see that the contributors are not ensconced in any echo chamber.
如果你浏览过这些反馈意见,你就会明白读者并非安逸地待在“回音室”中。
It is one of a handful of firms that offer such insurance, a big selling point for banks trying to attract wealthy customers.
而此类保险则是银行试图吸引富有客户的一大卖点。
Then the lights clicked off as the last box was loaded into the truck and I said a handful of warm goodbyes to people I'd never met before.
然后灯光“咔哒”一声地关掉了,就像最后一个盒子已经装上了卡车,我热情地向之前从未见过的人们说着再见。
Tang, with just a handful of films to her credit so far, is one of Asia's leading young actresses.
汤唯目前只出演过少数几部电影,但她也是亚洲一线年轻女演员之一。
And even then, only a handful of people would be willing to fork out for styling that lasts only a few days.
即使这样,仍然有少数的人愿意去不停的换发型,甚至这个发型只能维持几天。
The handful of times that I've needed to contact support, they've gotten back to me with a real answer within minutes.
有几次我需要联络支持,他们在几分钟之内找到我并给出一个真正的答复。
More than 40 countries now apply some sort of barrier on the web, compared with a handful less than a decade ago, according to the ONI.
ONI的资料显示,目前共有40多个国家在网络上设置了某种壁垒,而不到十年前,这样做的国家寥寥无几。
Mr Edelman survived, escaping with a handful of colleagues along tunnels barely two feet high, slimy water up to his lips, to safety.
爱德曼与少数难友一道,沿着仅两英尺深的下水道,伴着漫进嘴唇的泥泞安全逃离,得以幸免。
dusk, he jumped over the wall, slipped into the witch's garden, fast to pull a handful of lettuce, has brought back his wife to eat her.
黄昏时分,他翻过围墙,溜进了女巫的花园,飞快地拔了一把莴苣,带回来给她妻子吃。
Mironov is one of just a handful of scientists around the world who are involved in bioengineering cultured meat.
米罗诺夫是世界上少数几个研究生物工程培养肉的科学家之一。
But there was no sense in a handful of countries imposing such a tax; financial activities would simply push off elsewhere.
但是在少数国家征收这种税没有任何意义;金融活动只会被推到其他地方。
Until recently, Florida was one of a handful of states that expressly prohibited adoption by gay couples.
直到最近,佛罗里达州是少数州中的一个,明令禁止同志收养孩子。
He has but a handful of men with him, and armies will be despatched against him.
他只带了几个人来,而我们会派军队去剿灭他的。
Howqua's father was one of a handful of Chinese merchants permitted to trade silk and porcelain with foreigners.
伍秉鉴的父亲是少数与外国人交易丝和磁器的中国商人之一。
It has no significant Muslim population (just a handful of Tatars, and some Soviet-era Iraqis, both highly integrated).
它也没有大量的穆斯林(只有少量的鞑靼人,一些苏维埃时期的伊拉克人,彼此都是高度的整合)。
It was unclear how many of them there were; perhaps only a handful, or even just a pair of riflemen with a spotter.
对方有多少人不清楚;可能只有几个,或者甚至只是一个侦察员加两个步枪手而已。
Twenty thousand Persian soldiers had fallen before that handful of men.
两万波斯士兵败在这一小队人面前。
The bank says the probe involves only a handful of cases and no data breaches involved customer information.
德意志银行表示,调查仅涉及少数几起案件,所有泄露数据都未涉及客户信息。
It used to be that a man could buy a handful of dark suits and ties and always look well turned-out for the office.
男士过去常常只能靠一堆深色西装和领带搭配起来,在办公室看起来体面些。
Hoff knelt down and poured a handful of dust into his hand. "It's like the moon, " he said.
霍夫跪下身,捧起了一把泥土在手心,他说:“这地荒凉得像月球”。
you may not realize it , a handful of mixed nuts or crisps with your cocktail could actually have as many calories as a regular meal.
你可能没注意到,一把坚果或薯片跟鸡尾酒所含的卡路里实际上等于一餐。
He said the volumes had been concentrated in a handful of stocks reflecting what he termed a "traders' market" .
他表示,成交量集中于少数股票,反映了他称之为“交易者市场”的特征。
To that, the boss shows him a handful of red soil and reminds him that the soil represents his own identity as a son of Africa.
这时,上校拿起一把红土,然后提醒他,那土就是他作为非洲之子的象征。
The boardwalk is one of just a handful of similar ancient structures that exist in the U. K.
这条木板路与现存于英国的少数古代木板人行道结构类似。
But now international interest in London property is no longer the preserve of a handful of peripatetic tycoons.
但是,现在国际上对伦敦地产的兴趣,已不再局限于少数到处游走的大亨。
She put a handful of pins into the shoulders and sides of my gown and told me to pick it up in two days.
她在脱衣服的肩和长袍上放了很多烧针,让我两内后过来拿。
A handful of researchers, however, think science will ultimately delay aging at least long enough to double life spans.
大量研究人员认为,科学将最终推迟变老速度,使人类寿命至少可以达到预期生命期限的两倍。
The front line moved constantly, placed not in strategic locations but wherever a handful of rebels decided to gather and fight.
反叛军没有固定的前线,战斗随时可以在几个集结的反叛军那里展开。
And none of them seem to have pleased anyone except a handful of financiers.
但没有任何一个方案或策略可以让除了一帮子金融家们外的任何一个人满意。
Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer.
把手伸进他深深的口袋里,他掏出一把零钱举起来给农民。
She had been busily untying the knots in a handkerchief and now she poured out a handful of pennies on the counter.
她急忙把手帕上的结解开,将一把便士倒在柜台上。“我把所有的钱都拿出来了。”
A year later, he was dead, he was looking at the small daughter-in-law door closed her eyes. A handful of loess, conceal a romantic story.
一年后,老爹死了,他是看着小儿媳的进门合上了双眼。一把黄土,掩盖了一个风流的故事。
An animated short from College Humor, "Dinosaur Office, " was one of a handful of 3-D videos that have been released for the device.
动画短片“恐龙办公室”,是CollegeHumor发布到3DS上的几个3D视频之一。
A handful of city folks will turn an empty lot into a playground for the children of their neighborhood.
几个城里人要为周围的儿童把一块空地开辟为游乐
At least 60% of these deaths could have been prevented by just a handful of inexpensive measures.
其中至少60%仅通过少量便宜的措施便可避免。
The service usually costs less than $15 per hectare for a handful of readings a year, and can increase yields by as much as 10%.
这项服务的价格每公顷不到15美元,能提供一年多次的测量服务,增产幅度可达10%。
I had not told ITN in case the story fell flat, and I made sure only a handful of trusted South Africans knew the plan.
因为怕采访泡汤,我没有通知英国独立电视台,而且尽力保证只有少数几个牢靠的南非人知道这个计划。