单词 | spoon |
释义 | spoon (once / 461 pages) nv WORD FAMILY spoon: spooned, spoonful, spooning, spoons+/spoonful: spoonfuls USAGE EXAMPLESA few minutes later, hunters quietly slurp down with plastic spoons the first course: warm, rich broth, tender pasta, hearty meat. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Remove and discard the rosemary and thyme sprigs from the tomato mixture, then spoon it over the cooked chard. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) And their parents are learning the signs of addiction: Missing spoons. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food Hypo|Hyper dessert spoon a spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon runcible spoona fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear soup spoon, soupspoona spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup sugar shell, sugar spoona spoon for serving sugar; often made in the shape of a seashell tablespoona spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving tea makera covered spoon with perforations teaspoona small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram wooden spoona spoon made of wood iced-tea spoona teaspoon with a long handle container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) cutlery, eating utensiltableware implements for cutting and eating food 2n as much as a spoon will hold he added two spoons of sugar Syn|Hyper spoonful containerful the quantity that a container will hold 3n formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face Hyper wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head 4v scoop up or take up with a spoon spoon the sauce over the roast Hyper remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 5v snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others Syn|Hyper smooch make out, neck kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion |
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