handful

英语

其他形式

• handfull (古旧)

词源

源自中古英語 handful、hondful，源自古英語 handfull (“一手，一抓”)，源自原始日耳曼語 *handufullō、*handufulliz (“满手，一手”)，源自原始日耳曼語 *handuz (“手”) + *fullaz (“满的”)，等价于hand +‎ full (“满...的东西”)或hand +‎ -ful。同源词包括薩特弗里斯蘭語 Hondful (“满手，一手”)、西弗里斯蘭語 hânfol (“满手，一手”)、荷蘭語 handvol (“满手，一手”)、德語 Handvoll (“满手，一手”)、丹麥語 håndfuld (“满手，一手”)、瑞典語 handfull (“满手，一手”)、冰島語 handfylli (“满手，一手”)。

发音

• （美国）音频：

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• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈhæn(d)fʊl/, /ˈhæn(d)fəl/
• 韻部：-ænfʊl, -ændfʊl, -ænfəl, -ændfəl

名词

handful (複數 handfuls 或 handsful)

1. 一手，一把，满手

   I put two or three corns in my mouth, liked it, stole a handful, went into my chamber, chewed it, and for two months after never failed taking toll of every pennyworth of oatmeal that came into the house. - Joseph Addison, The Spectator, Vol. VI

   我放了两三粒到嘴巴里，觉得很喜欢，便偷了一把，回到房间嚼着吃，然后两个月内我都在给收到家里的每一批燕麦片收通行费。

2. (棄用) 一只手的大小，4英寸
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, 出自 Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd版, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom.

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3. 几个，尤指5个左右
   • Template:RQ:Fuller Church History

     This handful of men were tied to very hard duty.

   • 1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press，頁號 92:

     The names of a number of the most famous North American railroads could be found in the north-east; Pennsylvania, New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, and the Norfolk & Western, to name but a handful.

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4. 一些，一批
   • 1866, Emma Jane Worboise, Sir Julian's Wife，頁號 89:

     But, aunt, she must have had some kind of education, her accent was so pure, her English so unfaulty. The other girl dropped her h's by handfuls, and made some very wild confusion in her native etymology.

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5. (口語) 难缠的人或事物，麻烦的人或事物

   Those twins are a real handful to look after.

   那对双胞胎真是难管。

   • 1959 February, G. Freeman Allen, “Southampton—Gateway to the Ocean”, 出自 Trains Illustrated，頁號 91:

     The Southern acquired them because the little Class "B4" 0-4-0 tanks were finding heavy modern rolling stock more and more of a handful, and at war's end the railway had nothing of suitable power but short wheelbase on its books to take their place on the more tortuous of the dock lines.

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   • 2008, Dog Fancy (volume 39, issue 11, page 76)

     Many times dogs are surrendered for reasons such as changes in the family unit, a death in the family, no time to care for a dog, or because that cute little puppy is now a 100 lb untrained handful.

6. (俚語) 5年有期徒刑

近义词

• (一手，一把)： fistful
• handbreadth、handsbreadth

衍生词汇

• have one's handful

相关词汇

• handgrip
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