hantle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A considerable number or quantity; a great many; a great deal. Northern,Scotland,UK
    — An Irish creature, Erbert Ellison was the name, ran the place for the trustees, he said, but if you might believe all the stories you heard he ran a hantle more silver into his own pouch than he ran into theirs.

词形变化

hantles plural hantel alternative hauntle alternative hontle alternative hancle alternative hankle alternative hantill alternative

词源

Of obscure origin. Perhaps from Middle English *antel, *antæl, from Old English *antæl, *andtæl, equivalent to and- + tale (“number”); or more likely of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish antal, Danish antal (“a number, multitude”), Dutch aantal (“a number, a great many”), and German Anzahl (“a number, quantity, multitude”). The addition of initial h is believed to be due to influence from Middle English handfull (“handful”).
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