panhandle

名词 panhandle:

1. a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
2. the handle of a pan

动词 panhandle:

1. beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money

1. Homeless people forced to panhandle in subway stations.
   无家可归的人们被迫在地铁站里乞讨。

panhandle

v.（动词）
pan.han.dled,pan.han.dling,pan.han.dles 【非正式用语】
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To approach strangers and beg for money or food.
在街上行乞：接近陌生人并讨要钱或食物
v.tr.（及物动词）
To approach and beg from (a stranger).
向…乞讨：接近并向（陌生人）乞讨
To obtain by approaching and begging from a stranger:
乞讨：通过与陌生人接近或讨要而获得：
例句：
panhandled money.See Synonyms at cadge
向陌生人要钱参见 cadge

来源：
Back-formation from panhandler [beggar]
源自 panhandler的逆构词 [乞讨的人]
perhaps pan
可能为 pan
handler
handler

【引伸】
pan.han.dler
n.（名词）

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panhandle
panhandle 2

n.（名词）
The handle of a pan.
平底锅柄
Often Panhandle A narrow strip of territory projecting from a larger, broader area, as in Alaska, Idaho, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia.
常作 Panhandle 柄状狭长地带：从比较广阔的地域突出去的狭窄的一个条带，如阿拉斯加州、爱达荷州、俄克拉荷马州、得克萨斯州和西弗吉尼亚