handle
- IPA[ˈhandəl]
美式
- feel or manipulate with the hands；manage (a situation or problem)
- 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
- 2. manage (a situation or problem) a lawyer's ability to handle a case properly 同義詞
- ▪ control or manage commercially the advertising company that is handling the account 同義詞
- ▪ informal 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) where did you learn to handle a boat? 同義詞
- ▪ (of a vehicle) respond in a specified manner when being driven or controlled a roadworthy bicycle that also handles well off the pavement
名詞
- 1. the part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled the pan features helpful lifting handles
- ▪ a means of understanding, controlling, or approaching (a person or situation) it'll give people some kind of handle on these issues get a handle on your life
- 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. US informal the total amount of money bet over a particular time (typically at a casino) or at a particular sporting event the monthly handle of a couple of casinos in Las Vegas
- 4. US a large bottle in which liquor is sold, typically holding one half gallon a handle of Jim Beam
