| 词组 | fill |
| 释义 | fill verb► fill a blanketto roll a cigarette US, 1949.► fill the billto fulfil requirements, to meet the need US, 1880.► fill your boots1. to do whatever it is you want very much to do, but are hesitating over. This phrase is used to encourage in Nova Scotia. It has been suggested that it derives from either the pursuit of fish while wearing high-top wading boots or the effect on the bowels of extreme enjoyment after restraint CANADA, 1999.2. to have as much of something as you want or need; to do some activity to its limit UK, 2003fill 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 formal2. 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 in5. 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 in7. 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 fill out 1. fill out sth • fill sth out to write all the necessary information in the empty spaces on an official document: If you want to join the library, you'll need to fill out an application form. The patients all had to fill out a questionnaire which asked them about their previous medical history.■ SIMILAR TO: fill in especially BrE, complete formal2. fill out if your body fills out, it becomes fatter or bigger - used especially about thin people who have become fatter or bigger: Noah used to be a skinny little guy, but he's really filled out in the past year. By age 13, her body had already started to fill out. fill up 1. fill up sth • fill sth up to make a container full by putting liquid or other things in it: Can I fill up your glass? We brought two big baskets for the apples, and quickly filled them up. fill up • fill up sth • fill sth up to put petrol in a car so that the tank is full. The tank is the part of the car where petrol is stored: They stopped to fill up at the next gas station.fill-up AmE n C when you put enough petrol in your vehicle to fill the container that holds the petrol: Gasco is offering a free carwash with every fill-up.2. fill up to become full: The pubs fill up quickly on Saturday nights.+ with The show was due to begin in 20 minutes, and the theatre was already starting to fill up. New roads rapidly fill up with cars. The room began to fill up with smoke, and people started rushing for the exits.3. fill sb up if a food fills you up, it makes you feel that you have eaten enough and you feel full: It doesn't take much rice to fill me up. I like to have porridge for breakfast. It really fills you up.4. fill (yourself) up to make your stomach feel full by eating a lot of food+ on If you're extra hungry, fill up on rice, potatoes, or pasta dishes. I used to fill myself up on cereal as soon as I got home from school.■ SIMILAR TO: stoke up BrE informal5. fill up sth if you fill up a period of time, you use it for a particular activity or purpose: The manager expects us to fill up every minute of the day with work. Three new programmes were introduced to fill up the fall prime-time television slots.
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