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scoopful

/skoop-fool/US // ˈskup fʊl //

勺子,舀水,杓子,舀子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural scoop·fuls.

    • : the amount that a scoop can hold.

Examples

  • There were basic forensic procedures incomplete: There were drugs by the scoopful in the big brick house on Malone Road.

  • What effect has the fire upon a scoopful of coal when it is placed in the fire-box?

  • Oi won't shtay wan minit longer thin Oi've got to—not av Oi c'n shovel out pure gold be th' scoopful!

  • A scoopful of the inky liquid could be flung so as to spoil the polish on boots, or sent its splashes over apparel still higher.

  • Cap'n Mike waited until a scoopful of menhaden had passed overhead then led the way down the pier.