handle
- IPA[ˈhandl]
英式
- feel or manipulate with the hands；(chiefly in soccer) touch (the ball) with the hand or lower arm in contravention of the rules
- the part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled；a means of understanding, controlling, or approaching (a person or situation)
verb: handle, 3rd person present: handles, gerund or present participle: handling, past tense: handled, past participle: handled
noun: handle, plural noun: handles
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. feel or manipulate with the hands heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle people who handle food 同義詞
- ▪ (chiefly in soccer) touch (the ball) with the hand or lower arm in contravention of the rules he was sent off in the 84th minute for handling the ball the first penalty came as Brown handled
- 2. manage (a situation or problem) a lawyer's ability to handle a case properly 同義詞
- ▪ have commercial responsibility for the advertising company that is handling the account 同義詞
- ▪ receive or deal in (stolen goods) he admitted handling the stolen chequebook 同義詞
- ▪ informal cope or deal with (someone or something) I don't think I could handle it if they turned me down 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ conduct oneself in a specified manner he handled himself with considerable aplomb
- ▪ informal defend oneself physically or verbally I can handle myself in a fight
- 3. drive or control (a vehicle) he was going too fast and couldn't handle the car 同義詞
- ▪ (of a vehicle) respond in a specified manner when being driven or controlled the new model does not handle nearly so well
名詞
- 1. the part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled a holdall with two carrying handles
- ▪ a means of understanding, controlling, or approaching (a person or situation) this analogy will help readers to get a handle on the concept
- 2. informal a name or nickname that's some handle for a baby a former Washington DJ whose handle was ‘Fat Daddy’
- ▪ a person’s username on an online forum or social media site she's changed her Twitter handle
- 3. the feel of goods, especially textiles, when handled fabrics with a softer handle
- 4. US informal the total amount of money bet over a particular time or at a particular event the monthly handle of a couple of casinos in Las Vegas
- 5. US a large bottle in which spirits are sold, typically holding a half gallon a handle of Jim Beam
