| 词汇 | bottle |
| 释义 | bottle Theme: ALCOHOL n. liquor. (Always with the in this sense.)Her only true love is the bottle.The bottle plays a big role in his life. Theme: DRINKING - EXCESS in. to drink liquor to excess.I wish there was a way I could get through the day without bottling.Let's go out and bottle into oblivion. Theme: DRUNKARD n. a drunkard.The bar was empty save for an old bottle propped against the side of a booth.That old girl is just a bottle. There's more booze in her than outside. bottle 1. noun 1 courage, nerve, spirits. A figurative sense of the rhyming slang BOTTLE AND GLASS, (ARSE). If you lose your nerve you are said to 'lose your bottle' (to lose control of your arse), literally 'to defecate uncontrollably as a result of fear' UK, 1958. 2 a dose of crack cocaine, whether or not it is actually in a small bottle US, 1992. 3 a small container of amphetamine or methamphetamine in liquid form US, 1980. 4 in betting, odds of 2–1 UK, 1991. 5 in electric and telephone line work, any glass insulator US, 1980.► on the bottleengaged as a pickpocket. From rhyming slang BOTTLE OF FIZZ for THE WHIZ and thus a direct translation from ON THE WHIZ UK, 2003.► the bottle, big house, or boxin twelve-step recovery programmes such as Alcoholics Anonymous, used as a description of the three options for an addict who does not recover from their addiction – a return to drinking, prison and death US, 1998 2. verb 1 to attack someone with a bottle, especially in the face UK, 1984. 2 to lose your nerve, to back down. A contraction of BOTTLE OUT; a contradiction of BOTTLE (nerve). Often in the expression 'bottle it' UK, 1999. 3 to have anal sex, especially with a woman. From rhyming slang BOTTLE AND GLASS (ARSE) UK, 1961. 4 of a man, to have sex with a woman; to impregnate a woman UK, 1961. 5 to lick someone's anus. Homosexual use; from rhyming slang BOTTLE AND GLASS (ARSE) UK, 1984. 6 to smell badly, to stink UK, 1979. 7 in prison, to conceal articles such as drugs or money in the rectum. From rhyming slang BOTTLE AND GLASS (ARSE) UK, 1996 bottle out bottle out BrE informal to suddenly decide not to do something that you had agreed or promised to do, because you are afraid or nervous - used especially to show disapproval: You said you wanted a fight - it's too late to bottle out now! The Blair government seem to be bottling out on its promises to ban fox-hunting.■ SIMILAR TO: chicken out bottle up 1. bottle up sth • bottle sth up to keep a strong feeling such as anger, worry or unhappiness hidden and not talk about it or show it: Writing the book was a way of expressing all the anger I'd been bottling up for years. There's obviously something wrong but he bottles it up and I can't help him.keep sth bottled up (inside) Tell me what's bothering you. Don't keep it bottled up inside.2. bottle up • bottle sth up • bottle up sth AmE to be unable to move forwards or make progress, or make it difficult or impossible for something to do this: The bill has been bottled up in the Senate since September. bottledrinking alcohol. His friends thought he was a bit too fond of the bottle. She tried to stay away from the bottle, but she never could manage it for long. bottle1. n. a drunkard. The bar was empty save an old bottle propped against the side of a booth. 2. and the bottle n. liquor. (Always with the in this sense.) Her only true love is the bottle. 3. in. to drink liquor to excess. Let’s go out and bottle into oblivion.
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