| 单词 | to bottle out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bottle out a. intransitive. Frequently in to bottle out. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > be nervous or uneasy [verb (intransitive)] > lose one's nerve to lose one's nerve1912 bug1952 to lose one's bottle1958 bottle1977 to bottle it1988 1977 G. F. Newman Villain's Tale vi. 75 Gibbs always fancied schoolgirls, but guessed if it came right down to it..he would bottle out. 1979 Daily Tel. 12 Sept. 19/7 Asked if she went on the robbery, she said: ‘I was supposed to, but I bottled out.’ 1986 New Scientist 24 July 59/2 We thought one of our colleagues..had bottled out of the trip. 1992 ‘J. Gash’ Lies of Fair Ladies (1993) xiii. 91 They bottled out. Chicken. 1994 Daily Tel. 18 Aug. 17/5 The Health Minister has bottled out of real reforms. 2004 Zest Dec. 37 Once I'd volunteered there was no way I'd bottle out. 2010 F. O'Brien Without Him 53 I had bottled completely at the thought of even trying to begin to explain. < as lemmas |
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