pipeful.
/pahyp-fool/US // ˈpaɪp fʊl //
充满了,有声有色
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
plural pipe·fuls.
- ›a quantity sufficient to fill the bowl of a pipe: a pipeful of tobacco.
Examples
The Factor filled the interval by relating a ludicrous anecdote for his companion's benefit, and chopping a pipeful of plug.
Take him away fr'm th' supper table at wanst, give him a pipeful iv tobacco an' walk him three times around th' block.'
In lieu of money the gamblers wagered with cedar-berries, each of which berries represented a pipeful of tobacco.
He never trusted Captain Scraggs with anything more valuable than a pipeful of tobacco.
With much reluctance the handy man surrenders, and begs a pipeful of tobacco for threading the needle.
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