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单词 cellarful
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cellarfuln.

Brit. /ˈsɛləfʊl/, U.S. /ˈsɛlərˌfʊl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cellar n.1, -ful suffix.
Etymology: < cellar n.1 + -ful suffix.
The contents of a cellar; as much as a cellar can hold.
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1825 Linguist 13 Aug. A cellarful of wine.
1940 E. Newton Harvey Living Light ii. 41 A cellarful of potatoes on which a luminous mycelium was growing.
1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow 104 Blicero orders everyone down into the shelter, a cellarful of gin in brown crocks.
2006 Guardian (Nexis) 17 June 17 President Bush..was given a cellarful of wine over the course of 2004.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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