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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

glassful

/glas-fool, glahs-/US // ˈglæs fʊl, ˈglɑs- //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural glass·fuls.

    • : an amount contained by or sufficient to fill a glass or tumbler.

Examples

  • One wine-glassful of this solution, added to half a pint of tepid water, is sufficient for each application.

  • Pour on a wine-glassful of Sauterne or vin de Grave, and strew over it some Spanish pimento.

  • The stomach of a woman who poisoned herself by drinking a wine-glassful of acid before breakfast.

  • Add a glassful of white wine, a tablespoonful of mushroom catsup and one of lemon pickle, thicken with butter rolled in flour.

  • For a child two or three years old, the proper dose is a tea-spoonful mixed in a wine-glassful of water.

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