单词 | bottle |
释义 | noun | verb bottlebottle1 /ˈbɑt̮l/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countable] 1 a container with a narrow top for keeping liquids in, usually made of glass or plastic: an empty wine bottlebottle of a bottle of shampoo2 (also bottleful) the amount of liquid that a bottle contains: I only want one glass, not a whole bottle.3a container for babies to drink from, with a rubber part on top that they suck on: Do you want me to give Kayla her bottle?4the bottle alcoholic drink – usually used when talking about the problems that drinking can cause: Peter let the bottle ruin his life. After his wife left, Judd hit the bottle (=started drinking a lot of alcohol regularly) pretty hard. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French bouteille, from Late Latin buttis wooden container for liquid] → see also bring your own bottle at bring (21) noun | verb bottlebottle2 verb [transitive] to put a liquid, especially wine or beer, into a bottle after you have made it: wine bottled in Oregon → see also bottlerbottle something ↔ up phrasal verb1to deliberately not allow yourself to show a strong feeling or emotion: If you bottle up all that anger, you’ll make yourself sick.2to cause problems by delaying something: The bill has been bottled up in Congress for months. |
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