单词 | thumbful |
释义 | thumbfuln. As much as a thumb can hold. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills part of body > hand > thumb thumbful1930 1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xxii. 109 He..pulled out his snuff-box, And sniffed up a thumb-full. 1957 T. Sturgeon in D. Knight 100 Years Sci. Fiction (1969) 125 Slim lifted the paper out of the box,..riffled a thumbful of the sheets at the top. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1930 |
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