| 单词 | fill-in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfill-in fill-in n. 1. Something put in as a substitute or to fill a vacancy. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > a substitute changec1460 supplier1491 quid pro quo?1535 supply1567 vicegerent1583 substitute1589 vice1597 succedane1601 surrogate1644 succedaneum1651 succedaneum1662 vicar1676 superseder?1774 supersessor1810 locum tenens1814 supplial1837 remplaçant1850 fill-in1918 Stepney1928 stand-in1933 substituter1956 1918 in C. W. Cunnington Eng. Women's Clothing (1952) iv. 141 Fill-in or vest or waistcoat is an absolute necessity. 1928 Sunday Express 15 Apr. 11/5 I can hardly say my interest was aroused in the ‘new art’, except as a fill-in for the stage. 1936 N. Coward To-night at 8.30 I. 101 This date's only a fill-in for us. 1944 R. Lehmann Ballad & Source 141 ‘Well no, not really,’ I murmured, realising that she had forgotten she was talking to me, but feeling that some non-committal fill-in was required. 1958 Listener 6 Nov. 722/2 At twelve there was a fill-in term at a rather arty school. 1968 J. Updike Couples iv. 299 A lot of melancholy fill-in about Dallas the Birchers' paradise. 2. A briefing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > a briefing brief1856 briefing1940 fill-in1946 dog-and-pony show1966 dog-and-pony1989 1946 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 20 July 24/3 George Holmes..had given the President a fill-in on Stimson's literary background. 1953 F. Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth Space Merchants (1955) ii. 18 I gave him a fill-in on what Schocken Associates was up to. 3. = sense 2d. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > auxiliary material fill1934 fill-in1952 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. iv. 29 You may get two-bar phrases with two-bar fill-ins. 1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz ii. 55 The French horns join with the xylophone to provide a ‘fill-in’ phrase before the three themes resume in Bar 5. 1965 Crescendo Oct. 10/1 Hasaan's piano runs at times are extremely dazzling... Roach's explosive fill-ins seem to spark him along to experiment further. 4. Photography. (See quot. 1955.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > lights photoflood1933 fill-in1955 ring light1956 1955 M. Reifer Dict. New Words 81/2 Fill-in, a supplementary light to illuminate shadows. 1957 T. L. J. Bentley Man. Miniature Camera (ed. 5) v. 78 A smaller bulb having one half this guide number will be about right for the fill-in flash. 1958 Amateur Photographer 31 Dec. 897/2 The strength of the main light in relation to the strength of the fill-in light is also worthy of much consideration. < as lemmas |
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