capful
/kap-fool/US // ˈkæp fʊl //
一小杯,一大杯,一大堆,一小瓶
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural cap·fuls.
- : the amount that a cap will hold.
Examples
He finally left in disgust, with the remark that there was not a capful of wind to be had in the place.
This, of course, is the effect of a gentle and balmy hurricane—a mere capful of wind that tears and tatters them.
But he returned to camp without having fired a shot, and with only a capful of thimbleberries as spoil.
Here give us a pipe of tobacco if we're to warp out half a day ere we get a capful of wind.
There was not more than a capful of wind; but once let the canvas fill, and the schooner would get steerageway.
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