单词 | bottling up |
释义 | > as lemmasbottling up 2. figurative. The action of containing, restraining, or detaining a person or thing. Chiefly in bottling up. Cf. bottle v.1 2b, 2c. ΚΠ 1691 J. Swift Ode to Athenian Society vii, in Suppl. Fifth Vol. Athenian Gaz. 4 An Art as vain, as Bottling up of Wind. 1844 J. W. Kaye Peregrine Pultuney I. xi. 204 There are some..who will not approve of this bottling up of red-hot indignation. 1871 W. Virginia School Jrnl. Dec. 48/1 The ‘bottling-up’ of Cervera's squadron. 1880 Electrician 13 Mar. 204/1 In this way there was no bottling of discontent. 1918 Canad. Ann. Rev. Public Affairs 1917 78 The bottling up of wheat exports by the closing of the Baltic. 1979 N. L. Van Pelt How to Communicate with your Mate 9 This bottling of emotion takes its toll. 1998 A. Faulkner When News is Bad v. 49 The bottling up of feelings may affect the way an individual adapts to bad news. < as lemmas |
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