Handful
[ 'hænd,fʊl ]
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n. 少数，少量;一把（的量）;难以控制的人（或动物）;棘手事;
💡 词根助记
hand手+ful名词后缀，表充满时的量→一把
📝 例句
We invited 130 people, but only a handful came.
我们邀请了一百三十人,但只来了少数人。
I drew a handful of coins from my pocket.
我从口袋里摸出一把硬币。
The handful of them often went on a bust together.
他们那一伙人经常到一起狂欢闹饮。
Field Museum is one of a handful of the world's great natural history museums.
费尔德博物馆是世界上屈指可数的一个大型自然历史博物馆。
That young lad is quite a handful, ie is lively and troublesome.
那个小伙子真难管束（活泼而淘气）.
🌱 联想助记
【记】hand-手,full-满的:手里满满的一把
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🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
handful
n
(pl -fuls)
1 [C] ~ (of sth) as much or as many as can be held in one hand 一把
pick up a handful of sand 抓起一把沙子.
2 [sing] ~ (of sb/sth) small number 少数; 少量
a handful of people 少数几个人.
3 a handful [sing]
(infml 口) person or animal that is difficult to control 难控制的人或动物
That young lad is quite a handful, ie is lively and troublesome. 那个小伙子真难管束（活泼而淘气）.
🎯 考研助记
构词：hand+ful形容词后缀：手里捧着一把米。
🔁 扩展释义
*['hændful]n. 少数, 一把, 棘手事
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The ground supported fewer plants, and the insects which lived on these plants died out.
地上长的植物少了，生活在这些植物上的昆虫就消亡了。
I agree that it is a difficult situation.
我同意，这种情况很难办。
In September 1888 at the age of 19, he sailed to England and after three years' study became a lawyer.
1888年9月，他19岁时乘船去了英国，并在3年的学习之后成为一名律师。