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plateful

/pleyt-fool/US // ˈpleɪt fʊl //

满盘皆输,饱满的,满载而归,满载的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural plate·fuls.

    • : the amount that a plate will hold.
    • : a large portion or quantity: a plateful of contracts to negotiate.

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Examples

  • But as we laid waste to the plateful, we loved them more and more.

  • He will eat a plateful of gazpacho or puchero, a sardine, half a roll of bread, and drink clear water as often as wine.

  • I've got some rattling good snuff, and I'll give you a pinch for a plateful, as I did up in Staffordshire.

  • So she disappeared into the Stabur and brought out a plateful of multebaer, which she handed him with a friendly nod.

  • Selingman plunged into a fresh tirade, pointing to the half-demolished plateful of cakes.

  • I obtained a large plateful of the weed and emptied the sugar basin and cream jug over it.