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单词 full
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fulladjective

uk/fʊl/us/fʊl/

full adjective (CONTAINING A LOT)

A2 (of a container or a space) holding or containing as much as possible or a lot:

This cup is very full so be careful with it.
My plate was already full.
I tried to get in the cinema last night but it was full.
Don't talk with your mouth full!
The shelves were full of books.
When she looked at him her eyes were full of tears.
I tried to get on the 8.45 train but it was full.
Don't fill your glass too full or you'll spill it.
The stadium was only half full.

A2 containing a lot of things or people or a lot of something:

This sweater is full of holes.
His essay was full of spelling errors.
I'm full of admiration for you.
You're always so full of energy.

involving a lot of activities:

I've got a full week next week - could we postpone our meeting?
She has a very full life.
be full of sth

UK to be talking or thinking a lot about something that you have enjoyed or found exciting:

"Did the kids enjoy their trip to the zoo?" "Oh, yes, they were full of it when they got back this afternoon."
be full of your own importance disapproving

to think and act as if you are very important:

Since he got his new job, he's been very full of his own importance.
be full of yourself C2 disapproving

to think that you are very important in a way that annoys other people:

I can't stand her - she's so full of herself.

More examples

  • Her book is full of long convoluted sentences.
  • We've brought a cooler full of beer with us.
  • He's got a whole drawer full of odd socks.
  • The museum is full of rare and precious treasures.
  • It was a rough mountain road, full of stones and huge holes.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Full

  • alive
  • alive with sth idiom
  • awash
  • be a rich seam to mine idiom
  • be riddled with sth idiom
  • bristle
  • burst
  • congested
  • cramped
  • crowded
  • heaping
  • heaving
  • heavy with sth idiom
  • ridden
  • riddled
  • rife
  • sardine
  • saturate
  • saturation point
  • seam

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Busy and active
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
Showing arrogance and conceit

full adjective (COMPLETE)

A2 [ before noun ] complete, whole, or containing a lot of detail:

Please give your full name and address.
We do not yet have full details of the story.
Few journalists have managed to convey the full horror of the situation.
Scientists have not yet determined the full impact of the oil spill.
Today's my last full day in Paris.
He unwound the rope to its full extent.
Are you a full member (= do you have all the membership rights) of the club?
Some plants need to be in full sun (= to have the sun shining on them) all the time.
in full

B1 completely:

The bill must be paid in full by the end of the month.
in full flow

UK If an activity is in full flow, it is happening fast and with energy:

Preparations for the event are now in full flow.
be in full swing

If an event is in full swing, it has already been happening for a period of time and there is a lot of activity:

The party was in full swing by the time we arrived.
in full view

able to be seen by other people:

Andy kissed Vicki full on the lips in full view of her friends.

More examples

  • The board concurred that the editor should have full control over editorial matters.
  • He made a full confession to the police.
  • When the newspapers published the full story, all his earlier deceits were revealed.
  • The prognosis after the operation was for a full recovery.
  • The minister accepted full responsibility for the disaster and resigned.

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Complete and whole

  • A, a
  • a/one hundred percent idiom
  • absolutely
  • all or nothing idiom
  • all-in-one
  • all-inclusive
  • flat
  • full-fledged
  • full-length
  • fully
  • fully fledged
  • heart and soul idiom
  • plain
  • root
  • totally
  • unabridged
  • unadulterated
  • unconditional
  • uncut
  • undivided

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Occurring and happening
Visible

full adjective (GREATEST POSSIBLE)

B1 [ before noun ] the greatest possible:

James is very bright, but he doesn't make full use of his abilities.
Nobody got full marks (= all the answers right) in the spelling test.
It doesn't seem likely that we will see a return to full employment (= that all the people in the country will have a job) in the near future.

More examples

  • The opposition was in full cry in Parliament last night over the proposed changes to the education bill.
  • When we arrived, the party was in full swing and the room was abuzz.
  • You need it on full lock .
  • The move from stage to films allowed Gildit to give full play to his sense of the fantastic.
  • I don't feel I'm achieving my full potential in my present job.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Maximum and minimum

  • (at) full stretch idiom
  • at least idiom
  • bare
  • ceiling
  • credit limit
  • critical mass
  • limit
  • majority
  • mass
  • max
  • max out
  • maximal
  • min
  • minimum
  • minority
  • most
  • most
  • outside
  • the full monty
  • utmost

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full adjective (FOOD)

B2 also full up having eaten so much food that you cannot eat any more:

No more cake for me, thanks, I'm full.
on a full stomach

having recently eaten:

Never go swimming on a full stomach.

More examples

  • I've only eaten one course and I'm already full.
  • The children were too full to eat their pudding, and they asked to get down from the table.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Full

  • alive
  • alive with sth idiom
  • awash
  • be a rich seam to mine idiom
  • be riddled with sth idiom
  • bristle
  • burst
  • congested
  • cramped
  • crowded
  • heaping
  • heaving
  • heavy with sth idiom
  • ridden
  • riddled
  • rife
  • sardine
  • saturate
  • saturation point
  • seam

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full adjective (LARGE)

(of clothing) loose or containing a lot of material, or (of parts of the body) quite large and rounded:

a full skirt
Women often have full faces/become full in the face when they're pregnant.
Her full lips curved into a smile.

used to avoid saying "fat":

They advertise clothes "for the fuller figure".

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Big and quite big

  • appreciable
  • baronial
  • burly
  • capacious
  • commodious
  • fair
  • grand
  • heavy
  • juicy
  • L, l
  • large-scale
  • largish
  • macro
  • mass
  • spacious
  • supersize
  • swamp
  • sweeping
  • the bigger the better idiom
  • walk-in

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Flexible, loose and yielding

full adjective (STRONG)

(of a flavour, sound, smell, etc.) strong or deep:

This wine has a full fruity flavour.
A cello has a fuller sound than a violin.

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Flavours & tastes

  • acidic
  • acidity
  • acidulous
  • aftertaste
  • bite
  • bitter
  • cheesy
  • flavourful
  • flavourless
  • flavoursome
  • full-bodied
  • gamy
  • plummy
  • savour
  • sugary
  • sweet-and-sour
  • sweetness
  • tang
  • tangy
  • toasty

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Smells & smelling
Describing qualities of sound
Having a powerful effect

Idiom(s)

(at) full blast
(at) full speed/tilt/pelt
(at) full stretch
be full of beans
be full of the joys of spring
be in full cry
come/go/turn full circle
full marks to sb
full steam ahead

fulladverb

uk/fʊl/us/fʊl/

full adverb (COMPLETE)

know full well

to understand a situation completely:

You know full well that you're not supposed to go there without asking me!

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Aware

  • abreast
  • acquainted
  • alive
  • alive to sth idiom
  • awake
  • awakening
  • be no stranger to sth idiom
  • conscious
  • familiar
  • genned up
  • have/keep your finger on the pulse idiom
  • informed
  • insider
  • ivory tower
  • onto
  • preliterate
  • privy
  • put sb in the picture idiom
  • repository
  • sad

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full adverb (STRAIGHT)

straight; directly:

He was kicked full in the stomach.
The intruders turned and ran as the police shone their torches full on them.

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Accurate and exact

  • accuracy
  • accurate
  • aright
  • authoritative
  • bang
  • be bang on idiom
  • exact
  • exactly
  • in so many words idiom
  • infallible
  • infallibly
  • letter-perfect
  • literal
  • sharp
  • strictly speaking idiom
  • technically
  • to the day idiom
  • to the letter idiom
  • truly
  • unerring

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fullnoun

uk/fʊl/us/fʊl/
to the full/to the fullest

as much or as well as possible:

She certainly lives life to the full.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Maximum and minimum

  • (at) full stretch idiom
  • at least idiom
  • bare
  • ceiling
  • credit limit
  • critical mass
  • limit
  • majority
  • mass
  • max
  • max out
  • maximal
  • min
  • minimum
  • minority
  • most
  • most
  • outside
  • the full monty
  • utmost

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