| 单词 | fill out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fill out to fill out 1. transitive. To enlarge or extend to the desired limit. Cf. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > to desired limit to fill out1672 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. iii. 22 Whom Pomp and Greatness sit so loose about, That he wants Majesty to fill 'em out. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 278 They may not..so fill out the sails of our reputation in this world. 2. intransitive. To become distended, or rounded in outline. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] > distend distend1667 bluffa1722 extend1753 to fill out1851 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [verb (intransitive)] > fat or plump forwaxc897 fatc1000 burnish1398 battle1575 pinguefy1598 bellya1642 fatten1676 (to be) in flesh1677 thrive1711 feed1727 bloat1735 plumpen1795 to fill out1851 stouten1863 1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 360 As each set of muscles is relaxed, the veins..fill out again. 1888 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 21 Jan. 511/1 Merry Hampton [horse] is thickening and filling out. 1937 V. Woolf Years 334 How nice to see you—you've filled out. 3. transitive. To pour out (wine, etc.). Cf. 13. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or fact of pouring or being poured > pour [verb (transitive)] > out fillc1450 forthyete1513 pour1539 to fill out1602 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D3v Fill out Greeke wines. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. v. 174 Filling out a Glass of Wine. View more context for this quotation 1864 G. Dyce Bella Donna II. 145 The tea was filled out and getting cold. 4. = to fill up 7 at Phrasal verbs, to fill in 2 at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > fill a vacant space or place complisha1500 to fill up1598 to fill in1858 to fill out1880 1880 [implied in: Daily News 26 Aug. 2/3 The booking clerk gives him a filled-out memorandum. (at filled adj. 2)]. 1903 W. E. Curtis True Abraham Lincoln 59 Mr. Lanman forwarded to him a blank to be filled out with facts and dates. 1941 Amer. Speech 16 310/1 The borrower fills out a call card. 1963 H. Garner in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1968) 2nd Ser. 44 I filled out a ‘first off’ tag and attached it to the inspected part. 1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. (Parade) 27/4 (advt.) So fill out the coupon and send it to us. We'll send you all the details about Canada '67. to fill out ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or fact of pouring or being poured > pour [verb (transitive)] > out fillc1450 forthyete1513 pour1539 to fill out1602 c1450 Erle Tolous 314 Fylle the wyne, wyghtly he badd. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 549/2 I fyll drinke..Je verse a boyre. 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. i. 12 Having filled it [Milk] into a clean vessel. 1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan iii. xiv. 134 Fill sweet Nectar, freely about. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xiii. 230 Brandy in the Morning and Palm-Wine in the Afternoon are very briskly filled about. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 141. ⁋4 I..desire the young lady may fill tea one week longer. 1840 A. W. Fonblanque Life & Labours (1874) 318 Let there be well-paid publicans to fill gills of whiskey.] < as lemmas |
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