| 词组 | pack |
| 释义 | pack Theme: WEAPONRY tr. to carry something, usually a gun. (Underworld. Any of the slang terms for gun may be used: rod, iron, heat, etc.)I can tell that guy's packing heat from the bulge in his jacket.I never pack a rod on Sunday. pack 1. noun 1 a package of illegal drugs, especially heroin. Also variant 'packet' US, 1952. 2 marijuana UK, 2003. 3 in the used car business, a fixed amount that is added to the price the dealer has paid for the car US, 1975.► go to the packto deteriorate AUSTRALIA, 1919 2. verb 1 to carry a weapon, usually a concealed one US, 1949. 2 to tuck the male genitals into the left or right trouser leg US, 1972. 3 to be fearful. A shortening of PACK SHIT AUSTRALIA, 1988. 4 while snowboarding, to hit the snow hard US, 1990. 5 to take someone along on a motorcyle cruise US, 1966.► pack a punchof a thing, to be powerful. A figurative use of the pugilistic sense US, 1938.► pack a rodto carry a gun. In literature by 1940 US, 1940.► pack a sadto break off a relationship NEW ZEALAND, 1994.► pack a shitty1. to sulk AUSTRALIA, 1985.2. to become angry NEW ZEALAND, 1998.► pack deathto be fearful AUSTRALIA, 1975.► pack doubleto carry a passenger on a motorcyle US, 2000.► pack fudgeto play the active role in anal sex US, 1987.► pack heatto carry a gun US, 1930.► pack itto be fearful. Euphemistic for PACK SHIT AUSTRALIA, 1945.► pack shit; pack the shitsto be fearful. The metaphor is of one so scared that they are straining not to shit themselves AUSTRALIA, 1971.► pack the cracksto endure injections of collagen US, 1997.► pack the paymentin new car sales, to make a sale for a price slightly below what the customer has said they are willing to spend US, 1989.► pack'em; pack themto be fearful. Euphemistic for PACK THE SHITS AUSTRALIA, 1944 pack away 1. pack sth away • pack away sth to put something back in the box, case etc where it is usually kept, after you have finished using it: It's time to take down the Christmas decorations and pack them away. We packed away the picnic things and got into the car.2. pack away sth • pack sth away informal to eat a large amount of food: I could pack a meal away before the others had even found their napkins. Billy can really pack it away.■ SIMILAR TO: put away pack in 1. pack in sth • pack sth in informal to stop doing something, especially a job that you find unpleasant or annoying: Geraint packed in his job and went travelling in Australia.pack it in/pack it all in At times like this I feel like packing it all in. It's ridiculous the amount of work we're expected to do.■ SIMILAR TO: jack in BrE informal, quit2. pack it in! BrE spoken informal used to tell someone to stop doing something that is annoying you: "Susan just punched me!" "Well pack it in, both of you!"■ SIMILAR TO: knock it off! spoken informal, cut it out! spoken informal3. pack sb in BrE to tell a boyfriend or girlfriend that you want to end the relationship: He's always letting her down - I think she should pack him in.■ SIMILAR TO: dump, finish with4. pack sth in • pack in sth to do a lot of different things, and visit a lot of different places in a short period of time: Seven days isn't long for a holiday, but you can pack a lot in if you try hard.■ SIMILAR TO: cram in5. pack sb in • pack in sb if a film, play, performer etc packs people in, large numbers of people come to watch them: Brad Pitt's latest film has packed in audiences across the country. Dance-pop star Gloria Estefan is packing them in at the Oakland Coliseum.■ SIMILAR TO: pull in pack into pack sth into sth to do a lot of different things, and visit a lot of different places in a short period of time: We managed to pack a lot into our two days in Paris.■ SIMILAR TO: cram in/into, fit in/into pack off pack off sb • pack sb off to send someone to a place without asking them if they want to go, and without allowing them to refuse: As soon as the children were old enough they were packed off to boarding school.+ to Mrs Fraser packed me off to bed as soon as she saw I was ill.■ SIMILAR TO: send off be packed out be packed out BrE if a place, meeting, concert etc is packed out, it is very full of people: All the bars in Soho are packed out on a Friday night.+with Stratford is packed out with tourists in the summer. pack up 1. pack up • pack up sth • pack sth up to put your things into bags, boxes etc, so that you can move them to another place: She packed up her few belongings and left. I didn't get to the exhibition until late, and people were already starting to pack up.2. pack up to finish working or finish what you are doing at the end of a day: If business stays slow, you can pack up early. I think it's about time we packed u p and went home.3. pack up BrE informal if a machine packs up it stops working: The bloody washing machine's packed up again.■ SIMILAR TO: break down
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