panhandle
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/
美 /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/
英文释义
名词 n.
- The handle of a pan.
- An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
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The handle that activates an ejector seat.
— The Captain Keith Handscomb was the occupant of that ejector seat and the only survivor; his narrow escape was by just being able to reach the seat panhandle with his third and fourth fingers of his left hand.
动词 v.
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To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
— I had a white cane, but I never used it. Once, alone and lost in downtown Washington, I unfolded it, immediately sweating as I felt hundreds of eyes shift onto me. A man who was panhandling grabbed me and showed me the way home.
- To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From pan + handle.
词源 2
Probable back-formation from panhandler.
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