单词 | to fill in |
释义 | > as lemmasto fill in to fill in 1. transitive. To complete (an outline). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > make complete [verb (transitive)] > complete an outline to fill in1858 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > fill a vacant space or place complisha1500 to fill up1598 to fill in1858 to fill out1880 1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 671 A chamber filled-in with harmonious, exquisite pictures. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 269 The outline is commanding..and there is no detail with which our materials enable us to fill it in at all, which is not in perfect harmony with the whole. 1883 Sat. Rev. 8 Sept. 302 The aposiopesis is seldom filled in. 2. To put in, esp. by speech or in writing, what will occupy a vacancy or vacant place. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > fill in with writing to fill up1802 enface1861 to fill in1893 accomplish1918 1893 Sir J. W. Chitty in Law Times Rep. 68 430/1 He had left the date blank for the plaintiff to fill in. 1962 Rep. Comm. Broadcasting 1960 224 in Parl. Papers 1961–2 (Cmnd. 1753) X. 259 The material to fill-in the programmes when local items were not being broadcast would..be obtained by switching in to one or other of the three national sound services. 1962 Rep. Comm. Broadcasting 1960 231 in Parl. Papers 1961–2 (Cmnd. 1753) X. 259 The form of organisation envisaged by the BBC—that is, of local stations providing their own programmes, and filling in with centrally provided material. 3. Nautical (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > close up planks opened for ventilation to fill in1867 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Filling-in, the replacing a ship's vacant planks opened for ventilation, when preparing her, from ordinary, for sea. 4. to fill in (the) time: to occupy oneself during a period of inaction. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > occupy oneself in a period of inactivity to fill in (the) time1905 1905 W. Bodie Bodie Bk. 135 It is simply to fill in the time while I am deciding how to act. 1939 War Illustr. 201 Nurses usefully filling in time while they are off duty. 1966 Listener 15 Dec. 898/2 The film sags, filling in time tediously. 5. to fill (someone) in on: to make (a person) conversant with. Also intransitive and without on. Originally and chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 1945 E. Newhouse Many are Called (1952) 192 Can you fill me in on them? 1951 Time 19 Mar. 46/3 He felt chipper enough to spend an hour..with General MacArthur ‘filling in’ on U.S. affairs. 1951 L. Z. Hobson Celebrity (1953) vi. 78 He had called Roy Tribble and asked to be filled in on Jim Hathaway. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Sept. 248/3 It would be incorrect and unfair to say that the AEC has altogether failed to ‘fill in’ reporters who have called upon its information division for guidance. 1960 ‘R. East’ Kingston Black xix. 178 I filled in for Kitty. 1962 H. Burnett Nothing Sacred (caption) You've been candid about my faults, so I'd be glad to fill you in about your own! 6. (See quot. 1948.) slang. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person to-beatc893 threshOE bustc1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 berrya1250 to-bunea1250 touchc1330 arrayc1380 byfrapc1380 boxc1390 swinga1400 forbeatc1420 peal?a1425 routa1425 noddlea1450 forslinger1481 wipe1523 trima1529 baste1533 waulk1533 slip1535 peppera1550 bethwack1555 kembc1566 to beat (a person) black and blue1568 beswinge1568 paik1568 trounce1568 canvass1573 swaddle?1577 bebaste1582 besoop1589 bumfeage1589 dry-beat1589 feague1589 lamback1589 clapperclaw1590 thrash1593 belam1595 lam1595 beswaddle1598 bumfeagle1598 belabour1600 tew1600 flesh-baste1611 dust1612 feeze1612 mill1612 verberate1614 bethumpa1616 rebuke1619 bemaul1620 tabor1624 maula1627 batterfang1630 dry-baste1630 lambaste1637 thunder-thump1637 cullis1639 dry-banga1640 nuddle1640 sauce1651 feak1652 cotton1654 fustigate1656 brush1665 squab1668 raddle1677 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slam1691 bebump1694 to give (a person) his load1694 fag1699 towel1705 to kick a person's butt1741 fum1790 devel1807 bray1808 to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813 mug1818 to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821 welt1823 hidea1825 slate1825 targe1825 wallop1825 pounce1827 to lay into1838 flake1841 muzzle1843 paste1846 looder1850 frail1851 snake1859 fettle1863 to do over1866 jacket1875 to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877 to take apart1880 splatter1881 to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884 to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886 to do up1887 to —— (the) hell out of1887 to beat — bells out of a person1890 soak1892 to punch out1893 stoush1893 to work over1903 to beat up1907 to punch up1907 cream1929 shellac1930 to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931 duff1943 clobber1944 to fill in1948 to bash up1954 to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976 to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983 beast1990 becurry- fan- 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 69 Fill in, to, to give someone a good hiding... (Lower-deck.) 1959 Times 3 Mar. 3/4 A naval rating accused of murdering..an antique dealer..was alleged to have..said: ‘I filled in a chap and took his money.’ < as lemmas |
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