Handful
[ 'hænd,fʊl ]
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n. 少数，少量;一把（的量）;难以控制的人（或动物）;棘手事;
💡 词根助记
hand手+ful名词后缀，表充满时的量→一把
📝 例句
We invited 130 people, but only a handful came.
我们邀请了一百三十人,但只来了少数人。
I drew a handful of coins from my pocket.
我从口袋里摸出一把硬币。
The handful of them often went on a bust together.
他们那一伙人经常到一起狂欢闹饮。
Field Museum is one of a handful of the world's great natural history museums.
费尔德博物馆是世界上屈指可数的一个大型自然历史博物馆。
That young lad is quite a handful, ie is lively and troublesome.
那个小伙子真难管束（活泼而淘气）.
🌱 联想助记
【记】hand-手,full-满的:手里满满的一把
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
handful
n
(pl -fuls)
1 [C] ~ (of sth) as much or as many as can be held in one hand 一把
pick up a handful of sand 抓起一把沙子.
2 [sing] ~ (of sb/sth) small number 少数; 少量
a handful of people 少数几个人.
3 a handful [sing]
(infml 口) person or animal that is difficult to control 难控制的人或动物
That young lad is quite a handful, ie is lively and troublesome. 那个小伙子真难管束（活泼而淘气）.
🎯 考研助记
构词：hand+ful形容词后缀：手里捧着一把米。
🔁 扩展释义
*['hændful]n. 少数, 一把, 棘手事
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From 1830 onwards in the USA and from about 1870 in Canada, settlers began to move westwards and to take possession of the plains as their own.
美国自1830年起，加拿大从1870年左右起，殖民者开始向西迁移，并把平原据为己有。
Then, instead of spending maybe five hours typing the report again, you can print the new copy in one minute!
然后，你可以把新的文本在一分钟之内打印出来，而不是花5个小时重新把报告打一遍。
Before he returned to India, he decided to live as a poor man and not to possess wealth.
在回印度之前，他已决心过穷人一样的生活，不占有财富。