bucketful

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quantity contained in a bucket.
    — "I had a fire lit there, and there is a bucketful of coals. You will be pretty comfortable, I hope."
  2. A large quantity. broadly
    — But out of the water he dared not put his head; for the rain came down by bucketsful, and the hail hammered like shot on the stream, and churned it into foam; […]

词形变化

bucketfuls plural bucketsful plural

词源

From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”).
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