footful

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An amount that can be picked up by one foot.
    — Mrs. Terrapin, having selected a place to her liking, moistens the hard clay, then alternately with the sharp claws of her hind feet, begins scraping out a hole about two inches across, lifting the moist earth, footful after footful.
  2. A quantity (of something) that covers the foot.
    — I well remember, in school on a winter's day, looking up and observing some boy or girl, with painful grimaces, surreptitiously caressing a footful of empurpled chilblains.
  3. The amount of pressure that can be exerted by pressing with one foot.
    — A fast getaway with a real footful of throttle causes fierce wheelspin and decided judder from the rear axle, ...
  4. A complete set of toes for one foot.
    — Then I lifted out my leg with a fine footful of toes
  5. A small number, about five. humorous
    — One of the feetful of marathons that are a study of efficiency, Berlin also boasts supportive crowds and tremendous excitement.
  6. As much as one can handle, especially of something handled with one's feet. humorous
    — 'Ah've just about had a bellyful of you.' 'An' Ah've had a footful of you, friend.'

词形变化

footfuls plural feetful plural

词源

From foot + -ful.
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