读音

/ˈhændfʊl/

释义

• 名词: 一小部分，少量。例如: “He managed with just a handful of tools.”
• 形容词: 难以处理的，棘手的。例如: “She has a handful of difficult customers to deal with today.”

短语

• “a handful of” 表示“少数的，少量的”。例如: “There were only a handful of people at the meeting.”
• “too much for a handful” 意味着“难以应付的”。例如: “The situation became too much for her; it was a real handful.”

例句

• 名词: “She picked up a handful of sand from the beach.”
• 形容词: “The toddler was a real handful when he was tired.”

同义词

• few
• scattering
• small number
• bit
• smattering