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handful 音标拼音: [h'ændf,ʊl] n. 一把,一握,少数,一小撮 一把,一握,少数,一小撮 handful n 1: a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received" [synonym: {handful}, {smattering}] 2: the quantity that can be held in the hand [synonym: {handful}, {fistful}] handful \hand"ful\ (h[a^]nd"f[.u]l), n.; pl. {handfuls} (h[a^]nd"f[.u]lz). [AS. handfull.] 1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. A small quantity or number. [1913 Webster] This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 4. A person, task, or situation, which is the most that one can manage; as, my two-year-old is a handful. [PJC] {To have one's handful}, to have one's hands full; to have all one can do. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] They had their handful to defend themselves from firing. --Sir. W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 87 Moby Thesaurus words for "handful":
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