| 词汇 | armful |
| 释义 | armful noun[ C ] uk /ˈɑːm.fʊl/ us /ˈɑːrm.fʊl/ the amount that a person can carry in one or both arms: （双臂或单臂的）一抱（之量） She struggled along with an armful of clothes.她抱着一抱衣服吃力地向前走。 Measurements of volume: informal -ful armload basketful boatload bucketful cup fistful forkful glass glassful jugful plate pocketful pot scoop spoonful tablespoonful tankful tbs truckload armful | American Dictionaryarmful noun[ C ] us/ˈɑrm·fʊl/ the amount that a person can carry in one or both arms: an armful of groceries Examples of armfularmful I gather an armful of roses. When work was thin, there was nothing better than going off to court with an armful of briefs for undefended divorces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that this had often been done before and that he had armfuls of precedents, but he did not quote one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A lady came to my surgery with an armful of papers, maps and sketches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They also buy video recorders, tape recorders, televisions by the armful, cars and all sorts of other things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They derive great pleasure from bringing back an armful of spoils which have been heavily marked down from a fictitious price, probably, to the proper price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tilden then enters the scene with an armful of corn which he claims grew in the field outside. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. That's very nearly an armful! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In his youth, he courted her with an armful of red roses, but she turned him down because her parents did not want her to marry a fruit peddler. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Why, that's very nearly an armful! 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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