handful
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hand·ful /ˈhændfʊl/ ●●○ noun 1 [countable]TM an amount that you can hold in your hand 一把handful of 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。2 a handful of something FEW/NOT MANYa very small number of people or things 几个人[物]，少数人[物] There were only a handful of people there. 那里只有几个人。3 be a handful informalCONTROL someone, especially a child, who is a handful is difficult to control 是难管教[控制]的人〔尤指孩子〕 She’s a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a handful sometimes. 她是个可爱的孩子，不过有时候会比较难管。Examples from the Corpus
handful• She had three more falls before she and a handful of other players started stick and balling.• Sports Illustrated for Kids asked a handful of athletes whether they had invented anything when they were kids.• As for Jimmy, he chooses from a handful of set comments, so he hasn't a great deal to say.• The trial is the first of a handful of high-profile cases expected within the next few months.• They played a handful of tunes from their new album.• Looking down where the water of the canal licked the rocks, I saw a handful of date pits.• The new book is by a man who's already written a handful of best-sellers, most of them about moles.• Gradually, the number of individual objectors prepared to enter the fray began to expand outside the initial handful.• Prior to 1986 only a small handful of networks existed within the research and education community.handful of• I scooped up a handful of dinner mints as we left the restaurant.hand·ful nounChineseSyllable
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hand‧ful /ˈhændfʊl/
noun1. [countable] an amount that you can hold in your hand
handful of
The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us.
2. a handful of something a very small number of people or things:
There were only a handful of people there.
3. be a handful informal someone, especially a child, who is a handful is difficult to control:
She’s a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a handful sometimes.
hand‧ful /ˈhændfʊl/
noun1. [countable] an amount that you can hold in your handhandful of
2. a handful of something a very small number of people or things:
3. be a handful informal someone, especially a child, who is a handful is difficult to control: