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bowlful

/bohl-fool/US // ˈboʊl fʊl //

一碗,一碗水,一大碗,一碗饭

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bowl·fuls.

    • : as much as a bowl can hold: He ate two bowlfuls of soup.

Examples

  • I spotted my husband standing in the kitchen, eating a bowlful of the leftover snacks shaped like Froot Loops — a cereal he loved as a kid — doused with milk.

  • Order by the bowlful and use a toothpick to pluck the meat from the shells.

  • The baby was naturally attracted to the bowlful of gold and jewels, but an angel intervened and pushed his hand to the other bowl.

  • Skenedonk went to the gigantic hearth, and one of the Jews ladled him out a bowlful of the cauldron stew, which he brought to me.

  • To a pint bowlful of codfish hash add a tablespoonful of butter, a palatable seasoning of pepper and the yolk of one raw egg.

  • For a pint bowlful of meat use about a tablespoonful of chopped onion.

  • The woman was so fat and in such a temper, "that she shook when she ran, like a bowlful of jelly," Frieda thought to herself.

  • A house full and a hole full, but you can't catch a bowlful.'