| 词组 | bottle |
| 释义 | bottle [bottled, bottled, bottling] bottle out bottle out BrE informal to suddenly decide not to do something that you had agreed or promised to do, because you are afraid or nervous - used especially to show disapproval: ▪ You said you wanted a fight - it's too late to bottle out now! ▪ The Blair government seem to be bottling out on its promises to ban fox-hunting. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑chicken out bottle up 1. bottle up sth • bottle sth up to keep a strong feeling such as anger, worry or unhappiness hidden and not talk about it or show it: ▪ Writing the book was a way of expressing all the anger I'd been bottling up for years. ▪ There's obviously something wrong but he bottles it up and I can't help him. keep sth bottled up (inside) ▪ Tell me what's bothering you. Don't keep it bottled up inside. 2. bottle up • bottle sth up • bottle up sth AmE to be unable to move forwards or make progress, or make it difficult or impossible for something to do this: ▪ The bill has been bottled up in the Senate since September. |
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