名詞 panhandle:

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

動(dòng)詞 panhandle:

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

1. Homeless people forced to panhandle in subway stations.
   無家可歸的人們被迫在地鐵站里乞討。

panhandle

v.（動(dòng)詞）
pan.han.dled,pan.han.dling,pan.han.dles 【非正式用語】
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To approach strangers and beg for money or food.
在街上行乞：接近陌生人并討要錢或食物
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To approach and beg from (a stranger).
向…乞討：接近并向（陌生人）乞討
To obtain by approaching and begging from a stranger:
乞討：通過與陌生人接近或討要而獲得：
例句：
panhandled money.See Synonyms at cadge
向陌生人要錢參見 cadge

來源：
Back-formation from panhandler [beggar]
源自 panhandler的逆構(gòu)詞 [乞討的人]
perhaps pan
可能為 pan
handler
handler

【引伸】
pan.han.dler
n.（名詞）

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panhandle
panhandle 2

n.（名詞）
The handle of a pan.
平底鍋柄
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 柄狀狹長(zhǎng)地帶：從比較廣闊的地域突出去的狹窄的一個(gè)條帶，如阿拉斯加州、愛達(dá)荷州、俄克拉荷馬州、得克薩斯州和西弗吉尼亞