handful

英 [ˈhænd.fʊl]      美 [ˈhænd.fʊl]
  • n. 少数;一把;棘手事
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记忆“handful”可以采用视觉联想法。想象手里拿着一个满满的手掌(hand),里面的东西(ful)很多,尽管体积小但内容丰富,从而形成一个“少量但充足”的印象,这样就能记住“handful”表示“一把,一小撮”的意思。

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handful (n.)
Old English handful "as much as can be held in the open hand;" see hand (n.) + -ful. Also a linear measurement of four inches, a handbreadth (early 15c.). Meaning "a small portion or part" is from mid-15c. Figurative meaning "as much as one can manage" is from 1755; figurative expression have (one's) hands full "have enough to do" is from late 15c. Plural handfulls. Similar formation in German handvoll, Danish haanfuld.
1. Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity.
仅有几个人回到临近地区工作。
2. 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。
3. A handful of onlookers stand in the field watching.
少数几个旁观者站在现场观看。
4. He surveyed the handful of custo-mers at the bar.
他打量着吧台那边零星的几个顾客。
5. Steve barely said a handful of words during the first half hour.
史蒂夫在前半小时里没说几句话.