panhandle
noun[C]
USuk/ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/us/ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/along,thinpieceoflandjoinedto alargerarea:
(与较大区域相连的)狭长区域the Texas panhandle得克萨斯州的狭长地带
Geography: promontories & peninsulas
- arm
- cape
- Cape Cod
- causeway
- head
- headland
- isthmus
- peninsula
- peninsular
- point
- promontory
- sea stack
- spit
- stack
- tombolo
panhandle
verb[IorT]
USinformaluk/ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/us/ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/toaskstrangers(=peoplethat you do notknow)formoney,especiallyin apublicplace:
(尤指在公共场合)乞讨He wasarrestedfor panhandling.他因行乞而被捕。
Making appeals & requests
- appellate
- ask forsomeone
- behest
- beseech
- call for orderphrase
- call onsomeone
- callsomeonein
- cap
- claim
- demand
- implore
- invite
- pay claim
- pretty pleaseidiom
- propitiation
- push forsomething
- put in forsomething
- put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
- reapply
- requisition