英语词汇“gowpen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gowpen

/ˈɡaʊpən

noun dialect

1A space formed by both hands cupped together to form a bowl: he had a guinea pig in his gowpen...

I was in the cooking lab cupping pieces of marinated fish in my gowpen and getting the oil ready to fry them.

1.1A quantity that fills both hands cupped together: a gowpen of the sugar...

He took a gowpen of his own double chins, hoisting his head erect.
Before you even peek in the considering glass, take a gowpen of water and throw it over your face.
You come here with a very singular story, and nowt to back it but a glib tongue and your smooth, innocent-like young face—and you go back hame with a heaped gowpen of gold.

Middle English: from Old Norse gaupn, from Old High German.

单词	gowpen
释义	gowpen /ˈɡaʊpən / noun dialect 1A space formed by both hands cupped together to form a bowl: he had a guinea pig in his gowpen... I was in the cooking lab cupping pieces of marinated fish in my gowpen and getting the oil ready to fry them. 1.1A quantity that fills both hands cupped together: a gowpen of the sugar... He took a gowpen of his own double chins, hoisting his head erect. Before you even peek in the considering glass, take a gowpen of water and throw it over your face. You come here with a very singular story, and nowt to back it but a glib tongue and your smooth, innocent-like young face—and you go back hame with a heaped gowpen of gold. Origin Middle English: from Old Norse gaupn, from Old High German.
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