carful

n. 一车之量

词形变化

carfuls 复数 carfuls carsful carsful 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    As much as a car will hold. (Usually with reference to an automobile; sometimes with reference to a railroad car, especially in 19th-century texts.)

    Tourists were arriving by the carful.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

containerful

词源

From Middle English carful (“cartful”), equivalent to car + -ful. Shift in meaning follows that of "cart" to modern senses of car. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Koareful (“a cartful”), West Frisian karfol (“a cartful”), German Karrevoll (“a cartful”).

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