eyedropperfulとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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eyedropperful (複数形 eyedropperfuls または eyedroppersful)

1. As much as an eyedropper holds.
   • 1991, Gary Wulfsberg, Principles Of Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry, page 424:

     In the hood try holding the stopper from a bottle of concentrated HCl over a watch glass in which you have put an eyedropperful of pyridine.

   • 1993, Francis F. Seeburger, Addiction and Responsibility: An Inquiry Into the Addictive Mind, page 3:

     What is it like, for example, to see one's own life "measured out in eyedroppersful of morphine solution," as Burroughs puts it for the junky?

   • 2012, Rosemary Gladstar, Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide:

     Dispense 2 or 3 eyedropperfuls of the warm oil down each ear.