A WORD, A WORLD
handful
释义
- 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
展开详细释义
n.
1.一把,满把;几个;小部分,屈指可数,寥寥无几
2.一把;一小撮
3.一把,一握
4.少数,少量,一小撮
5.〔口语〕难以控制的人[动物];麻烦的事
6.不好对付
词形变化
复数：handfuls
常用短语 2 组
- a handful of
- 一把；少量的；一小部分
- a handful of people
- 少数的人；少量的几个人
在例句中理解 33 句
If you throw a handful of straw into a river, some of it stays afloat even in a rapids.
一把稻草投在河里，即使到急流险滩也总有些稻草可以不沉。
Mr Hung is one of a handful of Vietnamese aficionados trying to revive tastes for this epicurean and elusive beverage.
洪先生是越南咖啡迷，也是少量试图复兴这种美味兼难以捉摸的饮料的其中一员。
At the start of your trip, pick up a handful of postcards and stamps and keep one or two with you at all times.
在旅行开始的时候记得准备一沓明信片和邮票，无论何时都随身携带一两张。
So far, only a handful of extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, have had their pictures taken directly.
到目前为止，我们仅仅获得了少数几个太阳系外行星的直接照片。
Only a handful of his 150m compatriots, aside from his family and a few religious leaders, ever saw him again.
此后，除极少数国民，他的家人以及一些宗教领袖外，再没人见过总统本人。
David co-wrote two songs for his 2008 debut album (A Little Too Not Over You and Don't Let Go), as well as a handful of the bonus tracks.
大卫的合作，他说2008年的首张专辑（有点太不超过两首歌，你和不放手），以及作为少数奖金轨道。
At the moment, only a handful of factories around the world produce biofuel from cellulose. And that fuel is still ethanol.
现在，全世界只有少数几个工厂通过纤维素生产生物燃料，而且产品仍然是乙醇。
Only a handful of countries have ever accomplished such a fiscal feat, and it has never been tried by so many countries at once.
只有一小部分国家曾今能完成这样的修复财政壮举，并且从来没有那么多国家同时尝试。
She turned to me with a small handful of dried flowers in her little hands.
她转过身来，手里捻着一朵干枯的花儿。
Messenger has already been able to return a partial map of the planet's crater-filled surface after just a handful of flybys.
信使号在近距离探测一段时间后就能发回水星那凹凸不平表面的局部地图。
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。
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。
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。
Whereas a handful of Western countries were once at it, a whole planet has started to join in.
然而确实有一小部分西方国家过去曾陷入逆境，整个世界也开始步入其后尘。
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。
so that after my Enclosure was finished, and I let them loose, they would follow me up and down, bleating after me for a handful of Corn.
这样，当我把篱笆修筑完成之后，即使把它们放开，也会回来跟着我转，并咩咩叫着向我讨吃哩！
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
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。
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。
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。
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。
Her head almost disappeared inside as she rummaged around, pulling out a handful of napkins.
她在包里东翻西找，头都差不多伸进去了，然后拿出一把餐巾纸。
BIOS is one of just a handful of institutes worldwide that regularly monitor the ocean for physical and chemical changes.
百慕大研究所正式世界上仅有的几个能够定期监控海洋物理和化学变化的机构之一。
She's a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a handful sometimes.
她是个可爱的孩子，但是她有时很难管教。
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。
Our situation is nearly hopeless. We were ordered to take the Wailing Ziggurat with a handful of men.
我们的境况没啥希望了。我们接到命令用几苗人去占领哀嚎通灵塔。
Dogar and a handful of colleagues have been brought out of retirement to help reclaim hundreds of kilometers of track from the jungle.
道格和他的几位同事已经退休，但他们又被叫回来帮助挽救丛林里上百公里的铁路。
The president-elect will be one of only a handful of presidents to have moved directly from Capitol Hill to the White House.
竞选总统将会是总统中屈指可数的从国会山直接地转移到了白宫。
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。
There were only a handful of people there.
那里只有几个人。
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。
He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar.
他打量着吧台边仅有的几位顾客。