gobful

发音

AU /ˈɡɒbfʊl/

词形变化

gobfuls 复数 gobfuls gobsful gobsful 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mouthful.

    爱尔兰 英国 俚语
  2. 2.

    A large portion or amount.

    英国 俚语 引申义
  3. 3.

    A blast of verbal abuse, usually considered justifiable.

    澳大利亚 英国 俚语

    The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went and gave them a gobful.

    2007, Gideon Haigh, article in The Guardian, reprinted 2008, The Warne-Muralitharan Trophy: Marrige of Inconvenience, Inside Out: Writings on Cricket Culture, page 54, But his erstwhile colleague Jason Gillespie believes that the Sri Lankan probably expects it: ‘With Murali coming out he always cops a gobful in Australia and he′ll be expecting to cop that again. He might have to grin and bear it. […] ’

词源

From gob + -ful.

来源：wiktionary