Handful

(noun.) the quantity that can be held in the hand.

(noun.) a small number or amount; 'only a handful of responses were received'.

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• While there's a handful of fire or a mouthful of bed in this present roof, you're fully welcome to your share on it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• See, my dear Miss Summerson, he took a handful of loose silver and halfpence from his pocket, there's so much money. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Maurice, leaning forward with a sigh, took a handful of nuts, which he proceeded to crack in a listless fashion. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Or, she would casually issue the order, 'Throw in a handful--' of something entirely unattainable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Puzzled by the sudden change in her tone, he mechanically gathered a handful of wood from the basket and tossed it on the fire. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Catherick came into our garden one night, and woke us by throwing up a handful of gravel from the walk at our window. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He saw the macaroons, however, and being fond of sweets, possessed himself of a small handful thereof. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I'll not leave a handful of that dark hair upon your head, if you lay a finger on me! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Beside the tea-cup on his table he saw, then, a blooming nosegay: a wonderful handful of the choicest and most lovely flowers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• On the contrary, we find to-day a handful of trained soldiers equipped with modern firearms putting to flight a horde of ignorant savages. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The dirt is placed carefully over the eggs, a handful at a time, the hind legs being used alternately again for that purpose. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He came back with a handful of roasted coffee beans. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• We are a handful of private citizens of America, traveling simply for recreation, and unostentatiously, as becomes our unofficial state! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Miss Keeldar gathered handfuls of the profusely blooming flowers whose perfume filled the enclosure. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Tom silently as he came near to her, transferred several handfuls of cotton from his own sack to hers. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• With mere handfuls of troops the British leaders, and notably Lawrence and Nicholson, did amazing things. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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