Handful
['hæn(d)fʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['hænd,fʊl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the quantity that can be held in the hand.
(noun.) a small number or amount; 'only a handful of responses were received'.
科尔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
(n.) A hand's breadth; four inches.
(n.) A small quantity.
塞西莉亚校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Maniple.
整理:马库斯
例句/造句/用法:
- While there's a handful of fire or a mouthful of bed in this present roof, you're fully welcome to your share on it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- See, my dear Miss Summerson, he took a handful of loose silver and halfpence from his pocket, there's so much money. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Maurice, leaning forward with a sigh, took a handful of nuts, which he proceeded to crack in a listless fashion. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Or, she would casually issue the order, 'Throw in a handful--' of something entirely unattainable. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Puzzled by the sudden change in her tone, he mechanically gathered a handful of wood from the basket and tossed it on the fire. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Catherick came into our garden one night, and woke us by throwing up a handful of gravel from the walk at our window. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He saw the macaroons, however, and being fond of sweets, possessed himself of a small handful thereof. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I'll not leave a handful of that dark hair upon your head, if you lay a finger on me! 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Beside the tea-cup on his table he saw, then, a blooming nosegay: a wonderful handful of the choicest and most lovely flowers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- On the contrary, we find to-day a handful of trained soldiers equipped with modern firearms putting to flight a horde of ignorant savages. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The dirt is placed carefully over the eggs, a handful at a time, the hind legs being used alternately again for that purpose. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- He came back with a handful of roasted coffee beans. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- We are a handful of private citizens of America, traveling simply for recreation, and unostentatiously, as becomes our unofficial state! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Miss Keeldar gathered handfuls of the profusely blooming flowers whose perfume filled the enclosure. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Tom silently as he came near to her, transferred several handfuls of cotton from his own sack to hers. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- With mere handfuls of troops the British leaders, and notably Lawrence and Nicholson, did amazing things. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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