中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.一把，一握。
2.少数，少量，一小撮。
3.〔口语〕难以控制的人[动物]；麻烦的事。

the quantity that can be held in the hand
同义词：fistful,

a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received"
同义词：smattering,

例句与用法

They constitute but a handful of the number .
他们只不过是其中的一小撮。

They gave her a handful of the peas .
他们给了她一把豌豆。

I tore them away in handful .
我一把一把地把它们扯掉。

I warn you, she's a handful .
我警告你她可不好对付呢。

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。

A dull professor may have only a handful of students .
蹩脚的教授讲课，听众寥寥无几。

Only a handful of people were dead set on following him .
死心塌地跟他走的只是一小撮。

Twenty thousand persian soldiers had fallen before that handful of men .
两万波斯士兵败在这一小队人面前。

A few slices of bread and a handful of raisins satisfied him at noon .
他中午只吃几片面包和一把葡萄干，就心满意足了。

He reached gloomily into one of his trees and picked handfuls of fruit .
他闷闷不乐地把手伸到一棵树上，摘下一把水果来。