bucketful

n. (一)桶, 满桶

词形变化

bucketfuls 复数 bucketfuls bucketsful bucketsful 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quantity contained in a bucket.

  2. 2.

    A large quantity.

    引申义

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados "Confound it all," snorted Mr. Tupworthy indignantly, "you're flooding my flat. The water's coming through my bathroom ceiling in bucketfuls. The plaster'll fall next. Can't you stop it? Has a pipe burst or something?"

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

bucket

上位词 1

containerful

词源

From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”).

来源：wiktionary