| 单词 | ful |
| 释义 | Ful[ fool ] / fʊl / noun, plural Fuls, (especially collectively) Ful.Fulani. Definition for Ful (2 of 2)-ful a suffix meaning “full of,” “characterized by” (shameful; beautiful; careful; thoughtful); “tending to,” “able to” (wakeful; harmful); “as much as will fill” (spoonful). Origin of -fulMiddle English, Old English -full, -ful, representing full, fulfull1 usage note for -fulThe plurals of nouns ending in -ful are usually formed by adding -s to the suffix: two cupfuls; two scant teaspoonfuls. Perhaps influenced by the phrase in which a noun is followed by the adjective full ( both arms full of packages ), some speakers and writers pluralize such nouns by adding -s before the suffix: two cupsful. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Ful-ful suffix(forming adjectives) full of or characterized bypainful; spiteful; restful (forming adjectives) able or tending tohelpful; useful (forming nouns) indicating as much as will fill the thing specifiedmouthful; spoonful Word Origin for -fulOld English -ful, -full, from full 1 usage for -fulWhere the amount held by a spoon, etc, is used as a rough unit of measurement, the correct form is spoonful, etc: take a spoonful of this medicine every day . Spoon full is used in a sentence such as he held out a spoon full of dark liquid, where full of describes the spoon. A plural form such as spoonfuls is preferred by many speakers and writers to spoonsful Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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