单词 | lapful |
释义 | lapfuln.adj. A. n. So much as will fill a person's lap. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills part of body > others heartful1586 lapful1611 throatful1825 breastful1832 footful1850 lungful1860 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings iv. 39 One..found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wilde gourds his lap full. View more context for this quotation] 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gironnée, a lapfull, or bosomefull of. 1648 Ward (title) The Simple Cobbler's Boy, with a Lapful of Caveats. 1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 230 They are handed about from Lap-fulls in every Coffee-house to Persons of Quality. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 327 Her proper attribute is the lapful of roses. 1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks xiii I have got a lap-full of chestnuts. B. adj. Having the lap full. rare. ΚΠ 1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors vii. §3. 264 Lap-full of flowers..the country lass of English art returns from those excursions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1611 |
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