handful /ˈhændfʊl/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-SING A handful of people or things is a small number of them. 少数

  例：

  He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar.

  他打量着吧台边仅有的几位顾客。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A handful of something is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand. 一把

  例：

  She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.

  她抓了一把沙子，然后让它们从指缝间慢慢漏掉。

• 3. 

  N-SING If you say that someone, especially a child, is a handful, you mean that they are difficult to control. 难管的人 (尤指小孩) [非正式]

  例：

  Zara can be a handful sometimes.

  扎拉有时会很难管教。