Tra từ handle - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

han·dle [handle handles handled handling] verb, noun BrE [ˈhændl] NAmE [ˈhændl]
verb

DEAL WITH
1. transitive to deal with a situation, a person, an area of work or a strong emotion
•~ sth/sb A new man was appointed to handle the crisis.
• She's very good at handling her patients.
•The sale was handled by Adams Commercial.
•We can handle up to 500 calls an hour at our new offices.
•We all have to learn to handle stress.
•This matter has been handled very badly.
• (informal)‘Any problems?’ ‘Nothing I can't handle.’
• (informal)I've got to go. I can't handle it any more (= deal with a difficult situation).
•~ yourself (informal)You have to know how to handle yourself in this business (= know the right way to behave).

TOUCH WITH HANDS
2. transitive ~ sth to touch, hold or move sth with your hands
• Our cat hates being handled.
• The label on the box said: ‘Fragile. Handle with care.’

CONTROL
3. transitive ~ sth to control a vehicle, an animal, a tool, etc
• I wasn't sure if I could handle such a powerful car.
• She's a difficult horse to handle.
4. intransitive ~ well/badly to be easy/difficult to drive or control
•The car handles well in any weather.

BUY/SELL
5. transitive ~ sth to buy or sell sth
Syn: deal in
•They were arrested for handling stolen goods.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English handle (noun), handlian (verb), from ↑hand.

Thesaurus:
handle verb T
•The new office handles 500 calls an hour.
deal with sb/sth • • take care of sth • • contend with sb/sth • |BrE look after sth • |spoken see to sth •
handle/deal with/take care of/contend with/look after a problem
handle/deal with/take care of/look after/see to the matter
handle/deal with/take care of/look after the correspondence/paperwork/customers
Handle or deal with sth? Handle often suggests control and calmness
•Don't worry— I can handle the situation.
Deal with sth is often used to discuss ways, methods and means of dealing with problems.

Example Bank:
•A label on the crate read: ‘Handle with care’.
•Garden tools can be hazardous if carelessly handled.
•He wasn't mentally equipped to handle this situation.
•Her next question was not so easily handled.
•I think you handled that situation very well.
•Large meetings are more difficult to handle.
•Large meetings are notoriously less productive and more difficult to handle.
•Many of the prisoners were roughly handled; some were killed.
•She handled the crisis with total assurance.
•She knew how to handle publicity.
•The car is heavy and quite difficult to handle
•The library routinely handles a wide variety of enquiries.
•This issue may need to be handled carefully.
•This was a problem that I just couldn't handle.
•He doesn't really know how to handle a glider safely yet.
•He ran through the details of loading and handling the gun.
•I wasn't sure if I could handle such a powerful car.
•Riders have to learn how to handle their machines in all conditions.
•She's a difficult horse to handle.
•The books are ancient, and need to be handled very carefully.
•The label on the box said: ‘Fragile. Handle with care.’
•They were arrested for handling stolen goods.
•This type of car handles well in all weather conditions.
•‘Any problems?’ ‘ Nothing I can't handle.’
•I've got to go. I can't handle it any more.
•She's very good at handling patients.
•The matter has been handled very badly.
Idioms: ↑get a handle on somebody ▪ ↑give somebody a handle

noun

OF DOOR/DRAWER/WINDOW
1. the part of a door, drawer, window, etc. that you use to open it
• She turned the handle and opened the door.

OF CUP/BAG/TOOL
2. the part of an object, such as a cup, a bag, or a tool that you use to hold it, or carry it
•the handle of a knife
•a broom handle
• The handle's broken off this jug.
see also ↑love handles

-HANDLED
3. (in adjectives)having the number or type of handle mentioned
•a long-handled spoon
more at fly off the handle at ↑fly _v.

Word Origin:
Old English handle (noun), handlian (verb), from ↑hand.

Example Bank:
•His initials were on the knife handle.
•The table folds up and comes complete with a carrying handle.
•You have to turn the handle and then pull it towards you.
•He tried the handle but the window was locked.