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cupful

/kuhp-fool/US // ˈkʌp fʊl //

一杯,一杯酒,一杯水,一杯杯

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cup·fuls.

    • : the amount a cup can hold.
    • : Cooking. a volumetric measure equal to 8 fluid ounces; half pint.

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Examples

  • She poured out another cupful, and began to drink it without putting in milk or sugar.

  • Then Jess cut a wonderful m while Violet sewed the primer down the back, and gathered a cupful of blackberries.

  • Several steamers passed us during the trials, and these were shipping tons of water, while we did not take a cupful.

  • Pouring out a scant cupful of water into his hat, Average Jones handed it over.

  • There is a cupful of porridge also with the coffee, paid for by deduction from our pay, so that one starts in good fettle.