handle

handle
verb
[with obj.]
  1. feel or manipulate with the hands
    (用手)触,摸,拿,移动,搬动;操弄
    heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle.
    沉重的铺路板有时很难搬动。
    people who handle food.
    经常接触食品的人。
    ■(chiefly in soccer) touch (the ball) with the hand or lower arm in contravention of the rules
    (英式足球比赛中的犯规动作)以手(或前臂)触(球)
    ■drive or control (a vehicle)
    驾驶,操纵(车辆)
    ■[no obj., with adverbial](of a vehicle) respond in a specified manner when being driven or controlled
    (车辆在驾驶或操控时)按特定方式作出反应
    the new model does not handle nearly so well.
    新型车开起来根本没有那么灵便。
  2. manage (a situation or problem)
    处理,处置(局面,问题)
    a lawyer's ability to handle a case properly.
    律师恰当处理案件的能力。
    ■(informal)deal with (someone or something)
    (非正式)处理;对付(某人,某事)
    I don't think I could handle it if they turned me down.
    我想如果他们拒绝我,我会受不了的。
    ■have the resources to cope with
    有办法应付
    more orders than I can handle.
    订单多得让我应接不暇。
    ■control or manage commercially
    (商业上)经营,管理
    the advertising company that is handling the account.
    经营那个账户的广告公司。
    ■[with adverbial](handle oneself)conduct oneself in a specified manner
    以某种方式表现自己
    he handled himself with considerable aplomb.
    他表现得相当沉着。
    ■(handle oneself)(informal)defend oneself physically or verbally
    (非正式)(行动或语言上)保护(自己)
    I can handle myself in a fight.
    打架时我能够保护自己。
  3. process
    处理;加工
    the airport expects to handle almost 250,000 passengers this weekend.
    该机场预计本周末将要处理几乎达25万人的过客量。
    ■receive or deal in (stolen goods)
    接受(或经营)(赃物),销(赃)
    he admitted handling the stolen chequebook.
    他承认自己为偷来的支票簿销赃。
noun
  1. the part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled
    柄,把手,拉手
    a holdall with two carrying handles.
    有两个提手的大旅行包。
    ■(a handle on)(figurative)a means of understanding, controlling, or approaching a person or situation
    (喻)(理解、控制或处理人或事的)手段
    it'll give people some kind of handle on these issues.
    它将有助于人们对这些问题的理解。
  2. (informal)the name of a person or place
    (非正式)(人或地方的)称呼,称号
    that's some handle for a baby.
    那是对婴儿的一种称呼。
  3. [in sing.]the feel of goods, especially textiles, when handled
    (织物等的)手感
    fabrics with a softer handle.
    手感更加柔软的织物。
  4. [in sing.](US informal)the total amount of money bet over a particular time (typically at a casino) or at a particular sporting event
    (美,非正式)(尤指在赌场中特定时间内或对某项体育赛事进行赌博时投的)赌注总额
    the monthly handle of a couple of casinos in Las Vegas.
    拉斯维加斯几个赌场的月赌注总额。
派生
handleability
[-ˈbɪlɪti]
noun
handleable
adjective
handled
adjective
  1. [in combination]a side-handled baton.
    手柄与棍身垂直的警棍。
handleless
adjective
语源
  1. Old English handle (noun), handlian (verb), from hand
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