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单词 pack in
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pack in

1. phrasal verb
If you pack something in, you stop doing it.
[mainly British, informal]
I'd just packed in a job the day before. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Pack it in. Stop being spiteful. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If someone packs in things or people, they fit a lot of them into a limited space or time.
Prisons are having to pack in as many inmates as possible. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
It's kind of a referendum, though a lot of issues are packed in. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
See pack them in
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pack in in British English

verb (tr, adverb)
1.  British and New Zealand informal
to stop doing (something) (esp in the phrase pack it in)
2. 
to carry (something) to base camp, etc by pack

pack in in American English

pack up
to relinquish or give up; quit
One failure was no reason to pack the whole experiment in
After thirty years of touring, the violinist packed his career up and retired
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Examples of 'pack in' in a sentence
pack in

She paused to light another cigarette from a second pack in her pocket, not a cigarillo this time but menthol.
Dobbs, Michael THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS

Chinese translation of 'pack in'

pack in

(Brit) (inf)

vt

  1. [job] 放弃(棄) (fàngqì)
    pack it in! (= stop it!) 停止! (tíngzhǐ!)
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Nearby words of
pack in

  • pacifier
  • pacifist
  • pack
  • pack in
  • pack it in!
  • pack off
  • pack up

Related terms of
pack in

  • pack it in!
  • pack up
  • pack off
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