| 释义 |
bot·tle
I. \ˈbäd.əl, ˈbätəl\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English botel, from Middle French boteille, bouteille, from Medieval Latin butticula, diminutive of Late Latin buttis cask — more at butt (cask)
1.
a. : a rigid or semirigid container made typically of glass or plastic, having a round and comparatively narrow neck or mouth that is usually closed with a plug, screw top, or cap, and having no handle — contrasted with jar, jug
b. : a nonrigid container resembling a bag, made of skin, and usually closed by tying at one end
< nomads storing wine in goatskin bottles >
c. : the quantity held by a bottle
< drank a bottle of wine >
2.
a. : intoxicating drinks : liquor
< fond of the bottle >
b. : liquid food usually consisting of milk and supplements that is fed from a bottle (as to an infant) in place of mother's milk
3. : a metal container for holding gas
II. transitive verb
(bottled ; bottled ; bottling \-d.əliŋ, -t(ə)liŋ\ ; bottles)
1.
a. : to put into a bottle
< bottling the wine >
b. Britain : to preserve (as fruit) by canning in glass jars : can
< she helped to bottle raspberries >
2.
a. : to confine as if in a bottle : check, restrain — usually used with up
< bottling up the anger they felt >
b. : to put or keep in a position or situation that makes escape or free activity impossible : corner — usually used with up
< they successfully bottled up the enemy troops in the mountains >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English botel, from Middle French, diminutive of bote bundle, from Middle Dutch bōte bundle of flax; akin to Middle Dutch bōten to beat, Old High German bōzan — more at beat
dialect Britain : a bundle usually of straw or hay
IV. noun
Etymology: probably back-formation from British slang no bottle useless, worthless
slang Britain : mettle : courage |