| 释义 |
ˈshellful rare.
[f. shell n. + -ful.]
A quantity sufficient to fill a shell; fig. a small quantity.
c1450M.E. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 66 Þe juce of cynchen þre schelfulle. 1560Rolland Seven Sages 63 Thay will..gar ȝow traistly trow Quhilk is not worth ane schelfull of credence. 1650Baxter Saint's R. i. viii. 135 Onely a shell full of Dust, animated with an invisible rational soul. |