| 单词 | spoonful |
| 释义 | spoonful noun[C] uk/ˈspuːn.fʊl/us/ˈspuːn.fʊl/pluralspoonfulsorspoonsfulanamountheldin aparticularspoon: 一匙（的量）a spoonful ofmustard一匙芥末  Anton Eine/EyeEm/GettyImages Measurements of volume: informal
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cookery terms spoonful| American Dictionaryspoonful noun[C] us/ˈspun·fʊl/pluralspoonfulsorspoonsfulus/ˈspunz·fʊl/theamountthat aspoonwillhold: a spoonful ofmustard Examplesofspoonfulspoonful As he put aspoonfulof soup in his mouth he yelled ' ahh-ahm ', looking directly at the resident. From theCambridge English Corpus As we have seen, children's recreational and instructional reading allowed them to swallow imperial tenets with aspoonfulof sugar. From theCambridge English Corpus It is like giving a child the reward of aspoonfulof jam when he is taking some disagreeable medicine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You can visibly see how many spoonfuls go to an ounce and how many you get for the extra eighth of an ounce. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not even having aspoonfulof sugar to take away the bitterness of the medicine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When one comes to look at it, one sees what a wonderful virtue there is in aspoonfulof jam. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They love to eat the eggs, but when it comes to feeding the geese they grudge everyspoonful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Take a couple of spoonfuls and rub your back with the bottle, and all will be well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even special teapots were manufactured in order to save aspoonfulof tea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly it contains a few palatable and even tasty morsels, but much of it (especially the first few spoonfuls) is, frankly, tainted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So the recipe has to be a gallon of talk to aspoonfulof subsidy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If one were to stir aspoonfulof that substance into her tea, she would be dead within 10 seconds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 True, it may be, perhaps, thespoonfulof broth to the patient, after a long illness, but there are signs that things are getting better. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The difference last year was only a few spoonfuls of tea per week as compared with those wonderful days before the war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They had a bottle, two spoonfuls from which would put the whole world right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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