| 单词 | bottle |
| 释义 | bottle bottle1 —bottlelike, adj. /bot"l/, n. , v. , bottled, bottling. n. 1. a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic. 2. the contents of such a container; as much as such a container contains: a bottle of wine. 3. bottled cow's milk, milk formulas, or substitute mixtures given to infants instead of mother's milk: raised on the bottle. 4. hit the bottle, Slang. to drink alcohol to excess often or habitually. 5. the bottle, intoxicating beverages; liquor: He became addicted to the bottle. v.t. 6. to put into or seal in a bottle: to bottle grape juice. 7. Brit. to preserve (fruit or vegetables) by heating to a sufficient temperature and then sealing in a jar. 8. bottle up, a. to repress, control, or restrain: He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him. b. to enclose or entrap: Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel. [1325-75; ME botel < AF; OF bo(u)teille < ML butticula, equiv. to LL butti(s) BUTT4 + -cula -CULE1] bottle2 /bot"l/, n. Archit. boltel (def. 2). |
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