| 单词 | handle |
| 释义 | han·dle I. 1. 2. a. b. < the only handle he has for laying hold of the future — Dixon Wecter > < the handle by which the writer grasps reality — Max Lerner & Edwin Mims > 3. a. slang < bore an odd handle > < with the heavenly handle of St. Thomas — Newsweek > : title < an Englishman with a handle to his name — Baron or something > b. dialect < what did they go and give the poor kid a handle like that for — Edna Reynolds > 4. < a well-scoured acetate fabric will have a soft springy handle — Dyestuffs > 5. 6. chiefly New Zealand • - off the handle II. transitive verb 1. a. < handle a material to find out how rough it is > < please do not handle the merchandise > b. < handle a scythe > < handle a gun with precision > < excellent at handling a horse > c. of a batsman in cricket 2. a. < the writer handles the matter briefly and concisely > < told him how to handle color in using oil paints > b. c. (1) < was asked to handle the staff of researchers in the absence of the director > < a lawyer who handles the affairs of several corporations > (2) < a good man to handle his stable of horses > also (3) (4) d. < a boss whose special gift was an ability to handle men > e. < a period in which to handle the day's mail and clear up back business > < told how much freight was handled at the port of New York > < a disposal unit that could handle the city's garbage > f. < will be handling new and used cars > : have or cause to pass through one's hands in commercial transactions g. (1) < a man who would really handle the job > (2) < could not handle liquor and always began to giggle and get maudlin after two drinks > 3. in hunting 4. 5. < a singer unable to handle the difficult passages of the score > < equal to handling any amount of business that came along > < unable to handle the boys > < his inability to handle so difficult a problem — Sherwood Anderson > < a faucet that handles hot and cold water simultaneously > < a typewriter that can handle almost any number of carbons > 6. < a court that handles only probate matters > intransitive verb < bought a car that handles well > < the schooner … handles easily — Kenneth Roberts > < the dog handles well in field trials > specifically < the dog handled well in the trials > Synonyms: < knew better than most men how to handle a blade — L.C.Douglas > < able to handle a foreign language with proficiency > < doubted that their economy could ever handle more than the natural population increase — Time > manipulate implies dexterity and adroitness in handling, especially a mechanical or technical skill, and extends to suggest, in figurative use, a dealing with something in a crafty, artful, often fraudulent way < the kind of courage required for mountaineering, for manipulating an aeroplane, or for managing a small ship in a gale — Bertrand Russell > < was able to manipulate sequences of words in blank verse in a manner which is quite his own — T.S.Eliot > < agencies by which some human beings manipulate other human beings for their own advantage — John Dewey > < a genius of legal dishonesty in manipulating stocks > wield implies mastery and vigor in the handling of a tool, weapon, or other implement < the longbow, which was so tall that the man wielding it had to pull the string back to his eye or ear — Tom Wintringham > < a past master in wielding a golf club > < wield the scalpel — G.B.Shaw > < wield tremendous political power — Green Peyton > < he wields … a very capable scholarship that gives backbone to his work — N.L.Rothman > swing in literal use implies a wide sweep of action < swing a ball bat > < being able to swing an oar — H.A.Chippendale > but in an extended figurative use it can imply the successful handling of something large or difficult in relation to one's capacities < a task too hard for him to swing > < swing a big deal in high finance > ply is interchangeable with handle or wield when great diligence or industry is implied < tell them where it will best repay them to ply their pickaxes and spades — F.R.Leavis > < the experts plied their pens — R.F.Harrod > Synonym: see in addition treat. • - handle with gloves on |
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