| 单词 | oodles |
| 释义 | oodles (once / 55490 pages) n When you have oodles of something, you have a whole lot of it. If you have a big bowl of spaghetti, then you can say that you have "oodles of noodles." Use the informal oodles when you mean "lots," "tons," or "bunches." If you grow up to have oodles of money, you can buy a huge house with oodles of space for the oodles of puppies you plan to adopt. Of course, you also imagine having oodles of dog nannies to take care of the puppies and clean up after them. Oodles is an American English word that first turned up in nineteenth century Texas. WORD FAMILYoodles USAGE EXAMPLESIf your dream of Italy involves oodles of Bolognese and gnocchi, pocket the yoga idea and save it for another time. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) When an owl hat made for her first daughter received oodles of compliments, the idea for Brit’s Knits was born. Washington Times(Nov 09, 2016) Cable-laying companies, oil firms, academic oceanography laboratories, national hydrographic surveys and the world’s navies all have oodles of sounding data. Economist(Oct 27, 2016) n a large number or amount Syn|Hyper dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
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