As much as a bucket will hold. Also transferred and quasi-adv.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > a bucket or pail (6) bucketful1564 As much as a bucket will hold. Also transferred and quasi-adv. skeelful1575 a bucketful, pailful. stoupful1590 As much as a stoup will hold. pailful1591 The quantity of liquid, etc., contained in a pail; an amount such as would fill a pail. Also figurative: a large quantity. pail1592 A pail and its contents; an amount such as would fill a pail; a pailful (usually of liquid). bucketload1842 A bucket and its contents; as much as one bucket will hold. |
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