| 单词 | armful |
| 释义 | armful (once / 4171 pages) n When you have an armful of something, you have as much as you can carry in your arms. An armful of wildflowers is probably enough to fill up a vase or two when you get home. An armful is an inexact amount, but a good way to describe the quantity of anything you can carry held against your body by your arms, or resting on your arms themselves. You might lug an armful of packages into the post office or leave an orchard with an armful of apples. The word armful dates from the late 16th century, from arm and the suffix -ful, "full of." WORD FAMILYarmful: armfuls+/arm: armament, armed, armful, arming, armless, armlet, armlike, armor, arms, disarm, forearm, overarm, re-arm, rearm, unarm, underarm/armament: armaments/arming: armings/armlet: armlets/armor: armored, armorer, armoring, armors/armored: unarmored/armorer: armorers/disarm: disarmament, disarmed, disarmer, disarming, disarms/disarmament: disarmaments/disarmer: disarmers/disarming: disarmingly, disarmings/forearm: forearmed, forearming, forearms/rearm: rearmament, rearmed, rearming, rearms/rearmament: rearmaments/unarm: unarmed, unarming, unarms/underarm: underarms USAGE EXAMPLESLioness teaches the neighbor’s children to transmute armfuls of barren soil into flowers. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) One drops an armful of coats on the floor, pulls a bag from his jacket and crams it full of loot. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) Armfuls of confectionery are a delicious, sugary reward for dressing up as devils and witches to scare the wits out of the neighbours. BBC(Oct 28, 2016) n the quantity that can be contained in the arms Hyper containerful the quantity that a container will hold |
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