handfuls
英 [ˈhændfʊlz]
美 [ˈhændˌfʊlz]
n. 一把(的量); 用手抓起的数量; 少数人(或物); 难以控制的人(或动物)
handful的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-SING 几个;少数
Ahandful ofpeople or things is a small number of them.- He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar...
他打量着吧台那边零星的几个顾客。 - One spring morning a handful of potential investors assembled in Quincy.
春天的一个早上,几位有望投资者聚集在昆西。
- He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar...
- N-COUNT 一把
Ahandful ofsomething is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand.- She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.
她抓起一把沙子,让它从指缝里一点点漏下来。
- She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.
- N-SING 难管的人(尤指孩子)
If you say that someone, especially a child, is ahandful, you mean that they are difficult to control.- Zara can be a handful sometimes.
扎拉有时很难管教。
- Zara can be a handful sometimes.
双语例句
- Opposition fighters, divided into numerous groups, varying from large battalions of a thousand to handfuls of men, get far fewer weapons than they had hoped.
自由军的战士们也分成了无数的派别,既有人数众多的大军,其中每营有1000人;也有十几个人的小队。他们收到的武器远少于期望。 - A few handfuls of soil mix flew into the trays.
几把混合土壤撒进了这些托盘里。 - A few handfuls of hail rattled against the window followed by rain and slippery wind banging the unsecured door of the next room then and through the night.
一阵冰雹砸在窗子上,随即冷雨接踵而至。风撞击着隔壁房间那不算结实的门,就这么撞了一夜。 - There are two handfuls of axes on the ground.
地上有两把斧头。 - We ate handfuls of bittersweet chocolate chips and licked peanut butter off spoons.
我们吃光一把又一把甜中带苦的巧克力片,把勺子上的花生酱舔得干干净净。 - While walking and crossing patches of ample berries, we grabbed handfuls and ravenously put them in our mouths to quench the hunger.
时而经过或者穿过一小片灌木丛时,我们会抓一小撮浆果塞进嘴里缓解一下饥饿感。 - He was lifting up handfuls of leaves and throwing them at her. She was laughing and egging him on
他抓起一把把叶子扔向她,她大笑着鼓动他。 - The boys fell to their knees and began to scoop up handfuls of water.
男孩子们跪下用手把水舀起来。 - We would jump on to the wagon and come away with handfuls of dripping chips.
我们跳上车,抓起一把湿湿的冰屑跑开了。 - And he measured ten double handfuls of pearls, diamonds, and other gems, many of which, mounted by the most famous workmen, were valuable beyond their intrinsic worth.
然后他又捧了捧宝石,其中有许多是当时最有名的匠人镶嵌的,且不说其内在的价值,单是那种艺术化的嵌工就已非常名贵了。