tankful
/ˈtæŋk.fʊl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtæŋk.fʊl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtaŋk How to pronounce tank (audio)/ (ame, mw)
tankful — 名詞
- tankfulsingular
- tankfulsplural
1. the amount of a liquid or gas needed to completely fill a container such as a fu
一箱容量
一個容器能裝滿的量
the amount of a liquid or gas needed to completely fill a container such as a fuel tank, a water tank, or an aquarium.
Joon filled the car with a tankful of petrol before driving to Busan.
Joon 在開車去釜山前，加了一整箱的汽油。
a tankful of [fuel type]
A full tankful of propane lasted the Watanabe family through the whole barbecue season.
一整桶的瓦斯讓渡邊家整個烤肉季節都用不完。
a full tankful of [gas]
After cleaning the filter, Hamza poured a tankful of fresh water into the aquarium.
Hamza 清理完過濾器後，倒了一整缸的清水進水族箱。
A tankful of heating oil now costs Allison more than two hundred dollars.
一整箱的暖氣用油現在要花 Allison 超過兩百美元。
- load
more general; a load can fill any vehicle or container, not necessarily a tank
文法句型
a tankful of [liquid/gas]
[determiner] + tankful + of + [noun]
用法筆記
Countable noun, almost always used in the singular. The object of the preposition 'of' specifies what fills the tank — typically a fuel, liquid, or gas. It is the amount, not the container itself, that is being referred to.