| 单词 | panhandle |
| 释义 | Related topics: Geographypan·han·dle1 /ˈpænˌhændl/ noun [countable] American English SGa long thin area of land that sticks out from a larger area 〔锅柄状的〕狭长地带 the Texas panhandle 得克萨斯锅柄地带Examples from the Corpuspanhandle• Anti-ERA groups had rounded up hundreds of supporters from rural communities all across the Florida panhandle and bused them to the capitol.• Later he became a country schoolteacher in the Oklahoma panhandle, and finally a businessman of many devices in Denver.• It stretches from here up through the Texas panhandle to Kansas all the way up to South Dakota.panhandle2 verb [intransitive] especially American English informal ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto ask for money in the streets 行乞，乞讨 SYN beg homeless people panhandling in the subway 在地铁里行乞的无家可归者 —panhandler noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuspanhandle• She said her office prosecuted just three panhandling cases last year in the downtown area.• Kindergartners sometimes panhandle for food money outside grocery stores.• New York's transit authority has banned panhandling in the subway system.• Large numbers of the homeless panhandle on the eastern edge of the park.• The search ended after Lidia Romero, 29, found the pregnant girl and Sotelo panhandling outside a grocery store.• But insiders say the clean-up is really aimed at booting scores of barely pubescent, panhandling road-warrior wannabes from the Avenue.• I had to panhandle two bits for the bus.• BTheodora once again is broke, and panhandling with an adorable kid like Tamika always works better than going it alone.pan·han·dle1 nounpanhandle2 verbChineseSyllable Corpus thin that land sticks a long area of |
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