handful

n.少数，少量；一把（的量）；难以控制的人（或动物）；棘手事

noun

1. 一把（的量）；用手抓起的数量
   the amount of sth that can be held in one hand
   1. a handful of rice
      一把米
2. 少数人（或物）
   a small number of people or things
   1. Only a handful of people came.
      只有少数几个人来了。
3. 难以控制的人（或动物）
   a person or an animal that is difficult to control
   1. Her children can be a real handful.
      她的孩子们有时很难管教。

名词复数形式:handfuls

1. He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar
   他打量着吧台那边零星的几个顾客。
2. One spring morning a handful of potential investors assembled in Quincy.
   春天的一个早上，几位有望投资者聚集在昆西。
3. She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.
   她抓起一把沙子，让它从指缝里一点点漏下来。
4. Zara can be a handful sometimes.
   扎拉有时很难管教。
5. Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity
   仅有几个人回到临近地区工作。
6. Frank emptied a handful of loose change on the table
   弗兰克将一把零钱撒在桌子上。
7. The little lad was a real handful. He was always up to mischief
   这个小家伙真是难管教，他总是搞恶作剧。
8. A handful of onlookers stand in the field watching.
   少数几个旁观者站在现场观看。
9. Only a handful of firms offer share option schemes to all their employees.
   只有少数几家公司向所有员工提供股票期权方案。
10. The band are playing a handful of shows at smaller venues.
    乐队要在小一点的场馆举办几场演出。
11. I'd taken a handful of uppers.
    我吃了几片兴奋剂。
12. They constitute but a handful of the number.
    他们只不过是其中的一小撮。
13. Only a handful of people were dead set on following him.
    死心塌地跟他走的只是一小撮。
14. Only a handful of patrons come to this theatre every day.
    这个剧院的座位一天也没上几个人儿。
15. Beyond those books and a handful of newspaper clippings and magazine stories, winter has nothing.
    除了那些书和少数报章剪辑以及杂志报道以外，温特一无所有。
16. She brought a handful of rice out of the bag and showed it to me.
    她从袋子里掏出一把米让我看。
17. Tom grabbed up a handful of snow and shoved it down his sister's collar.
    汤姆抓起一把雪便往妹妹的衣领里塞。
18. So I have selected a handful of my favourite sites to save you time.
    因此，我选择了几个我最喜欢的网站推荐出来，以节省你们的时间。
19. Only a handful of military commanders and tacticians have ever achieved this rigorous certification.
    只有少数的军事指挥官和谋士曾经达到这一严格的认证。
20. I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
    我要给你看恐惧在一把尘土里。
21. I warn you, she's a handful.
    我警告你她可不好对付呢。
22. Only a handful of governments in the world have banned free plastic bags.
    世界上只有为数不多的几个国家和地区的政府禁止使用塑料袋。
23. 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。
24. Only a handful have received licences so far.
    迄今只有少数几家合资企业获得了牌照。
25. She invited many friends to her party, but only a handful of them came.
    她请了许多朋友来参加她的聚会，但只有少数几个人来了。
26. They told me she was a handful.
    他们告诉我她和调皮。
27. Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them.
    罗杰捡了一把石子，扔了起来。
28. I gave the beggar a handful of rice.
    我给了乞丐一把米。
29. This disease is usually incurable, but in a handful of cases the patients have survived.
    这种病通常是不可治愈的，但在少数病例中病人存活了。