| 词汇 | pocketful |
| 释义 | pocketful noun[ C ] uk /ˈpɒk.ɪt.fʊl/ us /ˈpɑː.kɪt.fʊl/ as many or as much of something as a pocket will hold: 一袋子的量 She always takes a pocketful of tissues with her when she takes the children out.她带孩子们出门时总是带上一袋纸巾。 informalThey won pocketfuls (= a large amount) of money playing cards.他们打牌赢了很多钱。 Measurements of volume: informal -ful armload basketful boatload bucketful cup eyeful fistful forkful glass glassful jugful plate pot scoop spoonful tablespoonful tankful tbs truckload Examples of pocketfulpocketful However, he returned that night with a pocketful of silver and gold coins. These consignments, though, varied in size from a pocketful of gold coins, twenty or fewer, to thousands. The answer is not to go to the courts because people with large pocketfuls of cash will make sure that their cases are never heard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a lieutenant-colonel, now a famous general, who carried in his pocket a pocketful of photographs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In recent years, however, there has been increasing and understandable criticism of the weight of the average pocketful of change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A man has a whole pocketful of car keys and is wandering around a line of cars and you can deduce what his purpose is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them have a pocketful of credit cards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The patient does not want to have to go with a pocketful of cash. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I have come here with a pocketful of cablegrams about this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then he would never have a pocketful of ready money to fritter on pay night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The entire scheme is a recipe for bad landlordism, for tenant insecurity, and for pocketfuls of tax relief for top rate taxpayers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He talked about lawyers making pocketfuls of money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now free of his wife's influence and with a pocketful of food, he goes home the long way, around the world. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has a pocketful of documents exposing the treason of those who pose as intellectuals. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He will lend or give away a pocketful of money in a day, and at night he will not have the least idea what he has done with it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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