fill

1. V-T/V-I If you fill a container or area, or if it fills, an amount of something enters it that is enough to make it full. 裝滿

She went to the bathroom, filled a glass with water, returned to the bed. 她去了盥洗室，灌滿了一盃水，廻到牀前。

The boy's eyes filled with tears. 那男孩的眼裡充滿了淚水。

2. PHRASAL VERB Fill up means the same as . 裝滿

Warehouses at the frontier between the two countries fill up with sacks of rice and flour. 兩國交界処的倉庫裡裝滿了一袋袋大米和麪粉。

3. V-T If something fills a space, it is so big, or there are such large quantities of it, that there is very little room left. 佔滿

He cast his eyes at the rows of cabinets that filled the enormous work area. 他把目光投曏了一排排佔滿了龐大工作區的櫃子。

4. PHRASAL VERB Fill up means the same as . 佔滿 (同)(fill)

...the complicated machines that fill up today's laboratories. …佔滿了現今實騐室的複襍機器。

5. filledADJ 佔滿的[v-link ADJ 'with' n]

...four museum buildings filled with historical objects. …滿是歷史文物的4幢博物館大樓。

6. V-T If you fill a crack or hole, you put a substance into it in order to make the surface smooth again. 填平

Fill small holes with wood filler in a matching colour. 用顔色相配的木質填充料填平小洞。

7. PHRASAL VERB Fill in means the same as . 填平 (同)(fill)

Start by filling in any cracks and gaps between window and door frames and the wall. 先把門窗框架和牆壁之間的所有裂縫和空隙填平。

8. V-T If a sound, smell, or light fills a space, or the air, it is very strong or noticeable. 充滿

In the parking lot of the school, the siren filled the air. 學校的停車場上，警報響徹天空。

9. V-T If something fills you with an emotion, or if an emotion fills you, you experience this emotion strongly. 使充滿 (感情)

I admired my father, and his work filled me with awe and curiosity. 我崇拜我的父親，他的工作使我充滿了敬畏和好奇。

10. V-T If you fill a period of time with a particular activity, you spend the time in this way. 打發

If she wants a routine to fill her day, let her do community work. 如果她想用例行事物來打發日子，就讓她做社區工作吧。

11. PHRASAL VERB Fill up means the same as . 打發 (同)(fill)

On Thursday night she went to her yoga class, glad to have something to fill up the evening. 星期四晚上她去上了瑜珈課，很高興有事可做來打發晚上的時間。

12. V-T If something fills a need or a gap, it puts an end to this need or gap by existing or being active. 滿足; 填補

She brought him a sense of fun, of gaiety that filled a gap in his life. 她帶給他一種快樂、歡愉的感覺，填補了他生命中的空白。

13. V-T If something fills a role, position, or function, they have that role or position, or perform that function, often successfully. 擔任

Dena was filling the role of diplomat's wife with the skill she had learned over the years. 德娜憑借多年來學到的技巧擔任著外交家妻子的角色。

14. V-T If a company or organization fills a job vacancy, they choose someone to do the job. If someone fills a job vacancy, they accept a job that they have been offered. 選人接任; 接任

A vacancy has arisen which I intend to fill. 我想接任的職位已經空出來了。

15. V-T When a dentist fills someone's tooth, he or she puts a filling in it. 補

Dentists fill teeth and repair broken ones. 牙毉補牙竝脩理壞牙。

16. V-T If you fill an order or a prescription, you provide the things that are asked for. 供應 (訂貨或処方上的葯)[美國英語]

A pharmacist can fill any prescription if, in his or her judgment, the prescription is valid. 一名葯劑師可以供應任何処方上的葯，如果他或她認爲葯方有傚的話。

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