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spoonful

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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spoon·ful /ˈspuːnfʊl/ noun [countable]  DFAMOUNTthe amount that a spoon will hold 一匙之量,一满匙spoonful of Two spoonfuls of sugar, please. 请放两匙糖。
Examples from the Corpus
spoonfulAdd a spoonful of baking soda to the red cabbage water.Place a spoonful of beans in the bottom of each tin.Place a spoonful of the mushroom mixture in the centre of each top piece of filo.All in a delicious fruity tasting daily spoonful.In his cup, a lump of sugar, a dusty spoonful of Pream.Where quantities are measured in spoonfuls we mean a level spoonful unless otherwise indicated.She stopped cooking, and for days the boy and his sisters ate stale bread and tamarind jam by the spoonful.spoonful ofa spoonful of sugar
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spoonful
spoonful /ˈspuːnfʊl/ noun [countable]
the amount that a spoon will hold
    spoonful of
    Two spoonfuls of sugar, please.


spoon·fulBrE /ˈspuːnfʊl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈspuːnfʊl/ 🔊 (also spoon) nounthe amount that a spoon can hold 一勺(的量)two spoonfuls of sugar两勺糖