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handful

/hand-fool/US // ˈhænd fʊl //UK // (ˈhændfʊl) //

少量的,少数人,少量,少数的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hand·fuls.

    • : the quantity or amount that the hand can hold: a handful of coins.
    • : a small amount, number, or quantity: a handful of men.
    • : Informal. a person or thing that is as much as one can manage or control: The baby's tantrums made him a handful.

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Examples

  • Still, a handful of venues and companies plan to reopen sooner.

  • Only a handful still sees virtual weddings as a viable option.

  • Only a handful of closely related species now have it, they learned.

  • Unfortunately, as it stands today, the entire field of AI ethics is at grave risk of limiting itself to languages, ideas, theories, and challenges from a handful of regions—primarily North America, Western Europe, and East Asia.

  • Colbert is trapped in the same building with the same small handful of people every day, and the challenge is to keep making them laugh.

  • Weiss is likely to get confirmed even as Warren and a handful of other progressive Democrats vote no.

  • Rather than downing a handful of pills, I planned to take my life by opening a vein in each wrist.

  • Knight lived down the street from Scalise, and had met him a handful of times at Republican Party events.

  • With only a handful of great directors between the two videos, Fourgrounds can keep this going for years.

  • Still, a handful of centuries-old establishments have survived and housed some pretty phenomenal history.

  • He fumbled under his overcoat for loose silver, drew out a handful and paid off the taximan.

  • Severely wounded, with a handful of followers, he fought his way through a column of the enemy and reached the bank of the Elster.

  • Soon Antler arose and laid down her load; and breaking a handful of branches, she hurried over the drifts and met the Cave-men.

  • But they are a mere handful, quite insignificant, kept alive mainly by the Most and Peukert feud.

  • It's a nuisance just at present, when I am so busy with Asturian affairs and the king is such a handful to hold.