| 词组 | wrap up |
| 释义 | wrap up 1. wrap sth up • wrap up sth to fold a piece of paper or cloth around something so that it is completely covered, especially in order to give or send it to someone, or to protect it: ▪ She gave me a box of chocolates, beautifully wrapped up in silver paper. ▪ My grandmother took out the wedding dress and showed it to me, then wrapped it up again and put it away. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑do up ► compare ↑parcel up 2. wrap up sth • wrap sth up to complete a job, agreement or an activity in a successful way: ▪ They hope to have the deal all wrapped up in a couple of days. that about wraps it up (=used when saying that something has been completed successfully) ▪ "I think that about wraps the case up," said the officer, with a satisfied smile. wrap-up adj always before noun especially AmE a wrap-up line, question etc, is one that completes something that you have been writing or saying: ▪ Kate was pleased with her wrap-up line, and shut her notebook. 3. wrap up/wrap yourself up to put on warm clothes before going outside when it is cold: ▪ It's icy out there tonight. You'd better wrap up. +in ▪ if you're going skiing it's best to wrap yourself up in the warmest clothes you can find. wrap yourself up ▪ When the weather was cold, Felix used to wrap himself up in a big black woollen cloak. 4. be wrapped up in sth/sb to give so much of your attention, thought etc to something or someone that you have no time for anything else: ▪ James complained that his wife was completely wrapped up in the children, and had no time for him. ▪ Nowadays many people are too wrapped up in work and money to really enjoy life. ■ SIMILAR TO: be bound up in sth/sb 5. be wrapped up in sth if you are wrapped up in what you are doing, you are so involved in it that you do not notice what is happening around you: ▪ He was so wrapped up in his book that I had to repeat my question three times before he even heard it. ■ SIMILAR TO: be absorbed in |
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