shoulderful

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. As much as can be carried or worn on one's shoulder.
    — As he walks down the hall to meet a group of businessmen, this corporate secret service uses code ling and the phones' two-way radio feature to head off potential snafus, such as toilet paper trailing from his wing tips and "snow on the mountains" (a shoulderful of dandruff), while he's unaware in a Mr. Magoo sort of way of the action surrounding him.
  2. An amount that reaches as high as the shoulder.
    — Sacramento River flowing circuitously below high crimson banks and a splendid view of America's only volcano (whose last eruption occurred as recently as 1914), rising steeply out of the level valley and hoisting a shoulderful of superb colors against the sky.
  3. As much as a metaphoric shoulder can handle; a personal burden.
    — Gent who was with her had a shoulderful of chips, for no apparent reason.
形容词 adj.
  1. Filled as far as the shoulder (of a container) not-comparable
  2. Having large, muscular shoulders.
    — Small, dogged, shoulderful, they come headed America-ward.

词形变化

shoulderfuls plural shouldersful plural more shoulderful comparative most shoulderful superlative

词源

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