| 词组 | full |
| 释义 | full /fʊl/ adjective 1. containing as much or as many things or people as possible, so there is no space leftGrammarFull is usually used after the verb be in this meaning.nounsa plane/train/bus/car is full The train was completely full.a hotel/restaurant is full All the hotels are full in August.a course/class is full The college said the course was full and that I’d have to apply again next year.a glass/cup/plate is full He kept pouring until the glass was full.a box/bag/suitcase is full The suitcase was full of clothes.a cupboard is full There was a cupboard full of toys.sb’s mouth is full (=full of food) You shouldn’t talk with your mouth full.a full tank The car has a full tank of gas.adverbscompletely full Each day the café was completely full.almost/nearly/virtually/practically full The bus was almost full and we had to sit separately.half full/three-quarters full The cups are only half full.phrasescrammed/stuffed/packed full of sb/sth (=very full of people or things) The hall was crammed full of people.chock full of sb/sth informal (=containing a lot of people or things) The book is chock full of useful information.full to the brim (=full to the top with liquid) The bath was full to the brim with hot water.full to bursting (with sth) (=extremely full) The fridge is full to bursting with pies, cakes, and drinks.Full ofYou often use full of when saying that something contains a lot of things or people: The book is full of fascinating information. Full upYou say that hotels, restaurants, courses etc are full up, when there are no more places available: The hotel is full up for the next three weeks.THESAURUS: full packedstreet | road | room | store | restaurant | hall | house | theatre | train | bus | plane | audience completely full of people. Packed is a little informal: The streets are packed with late night shoppers. | The room will be packed with journalists. | The restaurant is packed on Friday nights. | Wherever they play, the house is always packed (=the concert hall or theatre is full). | He gave a speech to a packed audience of students (=a hall full of people who have come to watch or listen to something). bursting with sth extremely full of something: Her wardrobe was bursting with coats and shoes. | At this time of year, the garden is bursting with flowers. crammed with sb/sth so full that you cannot fit anyone or anything else in – often used when you think there are too many people or things: In summer, the hotels are crammed with tourists. | The shelves are crammed with books on art and design. teeming with sth full of people, animals etc that are all moving around: The rivers are teeming with fish. | The town is teeming with tourists. | The rainforest is teeming with life (=many different animals live there). overflowing so full of things, liquid, or people that some of them come outside: Heavy rains and overflowing rivers have flooded hundreds of towns and villages. | The drawers were overflowing with magazines. | The little meeting hall was overflowing with people. overloaded used about a vehicle or a ship which has too many people or things in it: an overloaded fishing boat | The trucks are often grossly overloaded (=far too overloaded).Half full or half empty?If you say that someone’s glass is always half empty, you mean that this person is a pessimist, and is never happy with his or her situation.Someone who thinks their glass is half full has a more positive attitude to life.ANTONYMS → empty2. including all of somethingGrammarFull is always used with the in this meaning.nounsthe full amount/length/extent (of sth) The insurance company agreed to pay the full amount.the full cost/price (of sth) The full cost of the repairs could be over $30,000.the full range (of sth) Patients will have access to the full range of services.the full effect/impact (of sth) People are starting to feel the full impact of the recession.the full force The building suffered the full force of the bomb. |
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