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单词 screenful
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screenfuln.

Brit. /ˈskriːnfʊl/, U.S. /ˈskrinˌfʊl/
Inflections: Plural screenfuls, (rare) screensful.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: screen n.1, -ful suffix.
Etymology: < screen n.1 + -ful suffix.
As much or as many as can be displayed at one time on a cinema screen or that of a television, computer, or other electronic device.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for projecting image > [noun] > screen for reception of projected images > as much as screen can contain
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1913 Motion Picture Story Mag. May 118 It gives you the names and characters as they appear in the course of the picture, and you don't have to pick each one out of a whole screenful.
1966 C. Mackenzie Paper Lives viii. 116 Nigel was watching the last ten minutes of ‘Deadwood Gulch’ and a screenful of Indians.
1974 Nature 10 May 102/1 A page is a screenful of data; there are 24 rows on each page and each row has 40 characters.
1992 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 Nov. The concept..would allow people to connect their terminals by telephone lines so that they could see each other, discuss projects and display screenfuls of information.
2011 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 18 Nov. 45 Kids are unlikely to share these complaints, especially when faced with a screenful of adorable, singing, dancing penguins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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