armful
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++arm·ful /ˈɑːmfʊl $ ˈɑːrm-/ noun [countable] HOLDthe amount of something that you can hold in one or both arms 〔单臂或双臂的〕一抱（之量）armful of an armful of books 一抱书
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armful• So I gradually amassed armfuls of small twigs, which I carried back to my cave.• Sweet Kip, she called him, presenting him an armful of irises and tulips.• She imagined herself turning up at Alan's bedside with an armful of freesias and went hot all over.• Marge trailed behind him with an armful of hastily gathered clothing.• Julius returned several minutes later, with an armful of blankets.• There were women who had armfuls of them.• He reckoned the armful of red roses would have cost the policeman his week's wages.• When she came into the house with armfuls of lilies, he complained that the house looked like a church funeral.arm·ful nounChineseSyllable
the amount in Corpus you something of can that one hold
armful
arm‧ful /ˈɑːmfʊl $ ˈɑːrm-/
noun [countable]
the amount of something that you can hold in one or both arms
armful of
an armful of books
arm‧ful /ˈɑːmfʊl $ ˈɑːrm-/
noun [countable]the amount of something that you can hold in one or both arms
armful of