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pot·ful
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复数:potfuls
noun
the greatest amount that a pot can contain.
(informal) a great amount or large number.a potful of troubleHe received a potful of bills.
The first known use of potful was in the 14th century
pothooknoun
an S-shaped hook for hanging pots over an open fire
potholenoun
a deep round hole (as in a road)
pot holdernoun
a small cloth pad used for handling hot cooking utensils
potherbnoun
an herb whose leaves or stems are boiled for use as greensalso: one (as mint) used to season food
pothernoun
fuss entry 1 sense 1
potheadnoun
a person who frequently smokes marijuana
potfulnoun
the quantity held by a pot
1 The giant was not to be outdone by a boy, so he fell to eating again, and they did not stop until they had consumed the whole potful of stew.
2 A lot of potatoes about the size of walnuts, boiled and peeled and added to a potful of salmon, made a savory stew that all seemed to relish.
3 The grave-digger's wife found it a long way off from the spot, and boiled a potful of potatoes over it.
4 Throw out the whole potful, you pig of a heathen!
5 "Yes; and makes us our little potful too," added Nelly, persuasively.
6 After weeks without food, he would break his fast with potfuls of clabbered milk offered to him by devotees.
7 At this camp we had a potful of cabbage-tree sprouts, and we ate a large quantity of it with lime juice which made it resemble rhubarb in taste.
8 But Sakalar was indefatigable, and as soon as he had boiled a potful of snow, made tea, and awoke his people.
9 With a potful of rice, this menu will generously feed four.
10 There was a potful of freshly made coffee warming on the stove and someone had set a pitcher of real cream in the middle of the table.
11 We got a fine potful of cabbage-tree sprouts, which eat like asparagus.
12 When they cooked a dish of mush or a potful of porridge that was to do for all six of them, the child swallowed it all by himself.
13 So he called one of the servants to him, and told him to go and ask whether it could be bought for a potful of gold.
14 For those of you who don't know Sichuan hotpot, it's a simmering potful of oily broth seething with whole chillies and Sichuan pepper, in which diners can blanch or boil their own raw ingredients.
对于还没有听说过四川火锅的你,四川火锅是一锅混合了辣椒和胡椒的滚烫油锅,食客可以在锅里煮原材料。
15 They’re brewed here by the potful, along with Bold Black Mamba — a nod to “Kill Bill” — plus cold brew and sweetened coffee concoctions such as lavender vanilla, raspberry mocha and butterscotch caramel.
16 If the sauce is well stirred, the chef can try just a spoonful rather than eating the entire potful to assess its flavor.
17 There are potfuls of Muslims, Episcopalians, Baptists, Jews and even Buddhists who would benefit from a genuine self-assessment and application of a "No Gossip" rule in their homes, places of worship, boardrooms, and workplaces.
18 I used the same butter to quickly wilt a huge potful of baby spinach, which made a fine accompaniment.
19 A kettle on a hot potful of smouldering wood ashes was set on the table; cups and saucers and goats' milk were also supplied to them, and opaque beet-root sugar.
20 When she had got her breath she built up the fire and brewed a fragrant potful of coffee, which she offered to the worn and weary outcasts as they plodded past.