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plateful

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++plate·ful /ˈpleɪtfʊl/ noun [countable]  AMOUNTall the food that is on a plate 一盘[]〔食物〕plateful of a plateful of toast 一盘烤面包片
Examples from the Corpus
platefulConsider a plateful of baked beans on toast.Politely declining a plateful, I retreated upstairs for a more conventional lunch.It is like trying to get a firm grip on a plateful of pudding.At three fifteen Mavis brought us in our tea on a tray with a plateful of shortbread biscuits.If that sounds like a cutting-edge plateful, it is.All they seemed interested in was guzzling platefuls of sausages and going back to the counter for more.Eventually the waitress cleared away Anna's plateful of cold bacon.
plate·ful nounChineseSyllable
the on a Corpus that plate food all is


plateful
plateful /ˈpleɪtfʊl/ noun [countable]
all the food that is on a plate
    plateful of
    a plateful of toast


plate·fulBrE /ˈpleɪtfʊl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpleɪtfʊl/ 🔊 nounthe amount that a plate holds 一盘之量;盘She ate three platefuls of spaghetti. 她吃了三盘意大利面。🔊🔊   compare plate noun (2)