| 词组 | tuck away |
| 释义 | tuck away 1. be tucked away if a place is tucked away somewhere, it is in a quiet area where very few people go: ▪ The hotel is tucked away in a quiet little side street. 2. be tucked away if something or someone is tucked away somewhere secret, they are kept hidden there so that people will not see them or know about them: ▪ The key to the cellar was kept tucked away behind some old books. ▪ Elsie had always known that her husband had another woman tucked away somewhere. ■ SIMILAR TO: be hidden away 3. tuck sth away • tuck away sth to put something in a safe or secret place: ▪ Annie read out some of the letter, and then tucked it away, saying the rest was private. ▪ His fingers touched the wallet, now tucked away in his inner pocket. 4. tuck away sth • tuck sth away if you tuck money away money, you save it rather than spending it: ▪ The new scheme involves tucking away between $50 and $100 each month into a savings account. ▪ For twenty-seven years Pereira tucked something away each week, so that he could buy a house before retiring. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put away, ↑stash away, ↑put aside 5. tuck away sth • tuck sth away informal to eat a lot of food, especially quickly and with enjoyment: ▪ In five minutes Archie had tucked away ten slices of pepperoni pizza. sb can tuck it away BrE (=they can eat a lot of food) ▪ Some of these children can really tuck it away! |
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