| 词组 | fill in |
| 释义 | fill in 1. fill in sth • fill sth in especially BrE to write all the necessary information in the empty spaces on an official document or test: ▪ Before you can open your account you'll need to fill in this application form. ▪ The passengers all had to fill in their landing cards. ▪ Make sure that you fill in your name, address, and daytime telephone number. fill in the blanks (=write your answers in the empty spaces) ▪ I opened my Japanese workbook and started filling in the blanks. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑fill out, complete formal 2. fill in sth • fill sth in to put a substance in a hole or crack in order to make a surface smooth again: ▪ You'll need to fill in all the cracks before you paint the walls. 3. fill sb in • fill in sb to tell someone about things that have happened recently or give them information that they need to know in order to do something + on ▪ Talk to Jenny - she can fill you in on the details. ▪ Mom calls us every Sunday to fill us in on all the latest family news. 4. fill in to do someone's job while they are ill or absent from work: ▪ Who's going to fill in when Helen's on maternity leave? + for ▪ Quinn is filling in for the newspaper's regular reporter. ▪ I can't find anyone to fill in for me on Wednesday. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stand in 5. fill in time if you fill in time before something happens, you do something to pass the time so that you do not get bored: ▪ We've got some time to fill in before the show - let's go and have a drink. 6. fill in sth • fill sth in to paint or colour the space inside a shape, especially on paper: ▪ She drew a picture of a bird and used crayons to fill it in. ■ SIMILAR TO: colour/color in 7. fill sb in BrE old-fashioned informal to attack someone and hit them hard, especially because you are annoyed with them: ▪ If he does that again, I'm going to fill him in! ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑beat up, do sb in informal |
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