| 释义 |
cork up
Thesaurus| Verb | 1.cork up - close a bottle with a corkcorkplug, stop up, secure - fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak" |
cork up
cork up1. Literally, to insert a cork into something, such as the opening of a bottle. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cork" and "up." There's still some wine in the bottle, so should we cork it up?2. To become quiet. Typically used as an imperative. In this usage, the phrase is often "cork it up." Cork it up, kids—all the screaming is giving me a headache!See also: cork, upcorked upDrunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really corked up.See also: corked, upcork something up 1. Lit. to close and seal a bottle with a cork. I think we should cork this up and save it for later. Cork up the bottle for later. 2. Fig. to stop up one's mouth and be quiet. Cork it up and listen! Cork up your mouth!See also: cork, upcorked (up) and corky mod. alcohol intoxicated. You’d be corked up, too, if you’d drunk as much as I have. Willie’s acting sort of corky. See also: corked, upcork up
Related to cork up: corkiestSynonyms for cork upverb close a bottle with a corkSynonymsRelated Words |