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bottleful

/bot-l-fool/US // ˈbɒt lˌfʊl //

满瓶,满瓶的,瓶装的,满满一瓶

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bot·tle·fuls.

    • : the amount that a bottle can hold: drinking soda by the bottleful.

Examples

  • On one occasion he brought with him a bottleful of horse-leeches which he had gathered in a neighbouring pool.

  • They went on, and she went not far before she told him to give her a meal, and he gave her the bread and the bottleful.

  • He ordered strong measures to be taken at once, hot applications, and a bottleful of chalk, with opium in large quantities.

  • He gave his master a bottleful from the jug, replacing what he had taken out by water.

  • Anne Kearns has the lumbago for which she rubs on Lourdes water, given her by a lady who got a bottleful from a passionist father.