handful
handful 英 [ˈhændfʊl] 美 [ˈhændˌfʊl]
n. 少数；一把
名词复数:handfuls
- A handful is just a little of something, or the amount you can hold in your hand. It can be a literal handful, like a handful of popcorn, or it can mean just a few, like a handful of trucks.
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- n. 少数；一把
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1. a handful of rice
一把米
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2. Only a handful of people came.
只有少数几个人来了。
- 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.
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