谢谢邀请。其实另一个答案已经很完备了，我只能作一点小小的补充。handful 的原义是「把手张开，最多可以托住的东西的量」，在这里，hand是「手」，但 -ful 是「容量」的意思，合起来 …

2015年7月25日 · There's a handful of (12) (NY Times: There's a handful of words in the language that resonate, like home, mother. There are a handful of (73) There is a handful of (1) (San …

2020年1月8日 · handful | Origin and meaning of handful by Online Etymology Dictionary handful (n.) Old English handful "as much as can be held in the open hand;" see hand (n.) + -ful. Also …

2009年11月1日 · Okay. The question of this thread is what does "Bill is a handful" mean. ***** Every Christmas when I was a kid, my parents would send out a card with an update on what …

2022年4月9日 · I notice a few usages of the handful of in The Economist, New Yorker, The New York Times, etc. Few examples: "Others simply fled, leaving only the handful in the fight." "The …

2011年10月10日 · Addressing "A handful of": my feeling is that the verb agrees with the quantity. The quantity is the most important piece of information in the sentence, otherwise it would not …

2014年10月21日 · After the WIC changes, participants bought significantly more whole-grain bread and brown rice andreduced-fat milk. On a limited budget, people buy cheap and …

2007年8月8日 · A handful is a person or a thing that is difficult to handle, or to manage, or to control: My dog is very well-behaved now, but when he was a puppy he was a handful, always …

2022年9月27日 · A "handful" doesn't mean "an amount countable on your fingers." As I said, it's an imprecise measurement. It figuratively imagines holding some years in your hand. It means …

2006年3月13日 · Hi, Does the word "handful" have another meaning besides "puñado"? Puñado doesn't fit in this paragraph (about driving a car): It happened all too often on the track, people …