单词 | pageful |
释义 | pagefuln. As much writing or text as fills a page or computer screen, esp. conceived of as a large quantity. Also in extended use: any copious quantity of spoken or written language. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > piece or quantity of i-writeOE writlOE hand-writc1175 scritec1325 scripta1350 writingc1384 letterc1390 write1428 briefa1450 titlec1450 scroll1534 escript1550 passagec1550 hand write1567 side1579 scrieve1581 manuscript1600 sheetful1711 page1743 slateful1836 chirograph1844 pageful1859 M1899 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xxi. 119 He was a little more severe than usual on Jacob Storey's Z's, of which poor Jacob had written a pageful, all with their tops turned the wrong way. 1879 Q. Rev. Apr. 415 Virtuous indignation by the pageful. 1949 Amer. Q. 1 287/1 A whole pageful of writers can dovetail their collaboration about as easily as three. 1993 S. Sallis Daughters of Moon (BNC) 293 She wrote to ‘Miss Amy Smithers’ and asked a pageful of questions. 1999 Newsweek (Nexis) 3 May 5 Russian hackers' biggest victories so far: crashing the official NATO Web site and replacing the Albanian government site with a pageful of anti-NATO slogans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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