“palmful”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

palmful

释义

▪ I. palmful, n.|ˈpɑːmfʊl|
[f. palm n.² + -ful 2.]
A quantity that fills the palm of the hand; as much as the palm will contain.
1812W. Tennant Anster F. i. iii. 6 Some little palmfuls of the blessed dew.1823Lamb Elia, Old Benchers Inner Temple, He took it not by pinches, but a palmful at once.a1861T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) xxii. 194 They took their water by the throatful, not by the palmful.1940C. H. Warren Corn Country 3 He pulled out a palmful of unprepared flour.
▪ II. palmful, a. rare.|ˈpɑːmfʊl|
[f. palm n.¹ + -ful 1.]
Full of or abounding in palm-trees.
a1618Sylvester Job Triumphant 67 Neer wher Idume's dry and sandy soil Spreads palmful forests.

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