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bushelful

/boosh-uhl-fool/US // ˈbʊʃ əlˌfʊl //

蒲公英,蒲团,蒲式耳,蒲公英式的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bush·el·fuls.

    • : an amount equal to the capacity of a bushel.

Examples

  • He is asked if beans are taken from a bushelful, what colour predominates?

  • Little Klaus gave the farmer his sack with the dry skin, and got instead a good bushelful of money.

  • He pushed the empty chest into the river and then went home with the sexton to get his bushelful of money.

  • And so quite contentedly they paid the bushelful of gold pieces to the peasant, who had got kisses, not cuffs, by his bargains.

  • I will give you a whole bushelful of money if you will let me go!'