Handle



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 柄, 把手; v. 处理
• ［英］ n. 柄, 把手;v. 处理 ( manipulate; wield)
• ［类］ 反义词: cumbersome ( 麻烦) -easy to handle ( 容易处理)
• ［记］ hand ( 手) +le -> 把手

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English handel, from Old English handle; akin to Old English hand
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a part that is designed especially to be grasped by the hand
• 2. something that resembles a handle
• 3.
  • a. title 8
  • b. name; also nickname
• 4. hand 11c
• 5. the total amount of money bet on a race, game, or event
• 6. a means of understanding or controlling <can't quite get a handle on things>
• ? handled adjective
• ? handleless adjective

II. verb (handled; handling)

• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to try or examine (as by touching, feeling, or moving) with the hand <handle silk to judge its weight>
    • b. to manage with the hands <handle a horse>
  • 2.
    • a. to deal with in writing or speaking or in the plastic arts
    • b. to have overall responsibility for supervising or directing ; manage <a lawyer handles all my affairs>
    • c. to train and act as second for (a boxer)
    • d. to put up with ; stand <can't handle the heat>
  • 3. to act on or perform a required function with regard to <handle the day's mail>
  • 4. to engage in the buying, selling, or distributing of (a commodity)
• intransitive verb
  • to act, behave, or respond in a certain way when handled or directed <a car that handles well>
• ? handleable adjective

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