英和和英

名詞

chunkful (複数形 chunkfuls)

1. Synonym of chunk
   • 1967, Sohan Singh, The Way of Education, page 9:

     Man approaches his destiny of the demiurge by biting off one chunkful of insight after another into the nature of things and how they work, and his power and responsibility grows in proportion to the growth of his insight.

   • 2009, John Barlow, Everything But the Squeal: A Year of Pigging Out in Northern Spain, page 76:

     The half-head drips with molten fat, and the cachucha man (who is in a dark suit with shirt かつ tie) winces at the heat as with both hands he rips it apart, yanking a chunkful of cheek from the pig's grinning profile, hot grease streaming over his hands and splashing out into the crowd.

   • 2014, Salar Abdoh, Tehran at Twilight, page 165:

     The errand boy returned with Fani's sandwich, which he ate fast, taking enormous chunkfuls with each bite.

語源 2

chunk +‎ -ful

形容詞

chunkful (comparative more chunkful, superlative most chunkful)

1. Chunky.
   • 1981, Forbes - Volume 127, Issues 8-13, page 20:

     Sandwiches that could hold their own at the most splendid London high tea, as well as chunkful salads and pastas, make it worth the size larger ladies will end up with when trying on clothes on the other Bergdorf floors.

   • 2015, Dumisani Hlatshwayo, Total Bliss:

     Every time he thinks about Nomzamo, guilt takes a chunkful bite at his heart.