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单词 get a handle on
释义

handle /hanˈdl/

transitive verb
  1. To hold, move about, feel freely, etc with the hand
  2. To make familiar by frequent touching
  3. To manage (esp successfully)
  4. To discuss
  5. To deal with, treat
  6. To cope with, take in one's stride (informal, esp N American)
  7. To pass through one's hands
  8. To trade or do business in
intransitive verb

To respond to control (in a specified way)

noun
  1. A part by which a thing is held, opened or picked up
  2. Anything affording an advantage or pretext to an opponent
  3. Feel, as of a textile
  4. The total takings from betting on a horse race, etc
  5. One's name (slang)
ORIGIN: OE handle, handlian from hand

handˈled adjective

Having a handle

handˈler noun

  1. Someone who handles
  2. A boxer's trainer or second
  3. Someone who trains, holds, controls, incites, or shows off an animal at a show, fight, etc
  4. Someone who trains and uses a dog or other animal that works for the police or an armed service

handˈling noun

handˈlebar noun

The steering-bar of a cycle, or one half of it

handlebar moustache noun

A wide, thick moustache with curved ends thought to resemble handlebars

a handle to one's name

A title

fly off the handle see under fly

get a handle on

To understand, grasp

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