cropfulとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

cropful (comparative more cropful, superlative most cropful)

1. Having a full crop or belly; satiated.
   • a. 1645, John Milton, “L'Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […] , London: Printed by Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Moſely,  […], published 1645, OCLC 606951673:

     Through the high wood echoing shrill:
     Basks at the fire his hairy strength ;
     Sometime walking, not unseen,
     And cropful out of doors he slings

語源 2

crop +‎ -ful

名詞

cropful (複数形 cropfuls)

1. Enough to fill the crop of a bird.
   • 2000, Bernard Stonehouse, The Last Continent: Discovering Antarctica, page 105:

     They are waiting for their parents to return from the sea with cropfuls of fish, squid, krill, or whatever else passes for breakfast.