holeful

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. As much as fills a hole.
    — At this very instant while she was recalling a lifetime of work, Mr. Greenleaf was loitering in the woods and Mrs. Greenleaf was probably flat on the ground, asleep over her holeful of clippings.
形容词 adj.
  1. Filled with holes; holey.
    — When at last Mr. Alderman Flapp emerged, swathed in a comforter and in a flowing self-consciousness of equity, Mr. Flipp approached on the tips of his holeful boots, and whispered, "I am the dirty crossing-man; are you the dirty crossing-boy?" — and in another moment they were locked in each others' arms.

词形变化

holefuls plural holesful plural more holeful comparative most holeful superlative

词源

词源 1
From hole + -ful.
词源 2
From hole + -ful.
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