| 单词 | to pack in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pack in to pack in 1. intransitive. To abandon an activity or enterprise; to stop, finish. Also: to cease to function. Cf. to pack up 6 at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > abandon an attempt or enterprise [verb (intransitive)] unbenda1400 unbinda1400 to leave (a person) the field?c1450 to give upa1616 to call (it) quits1851 to pull the pin1860 to hang up one's fiddle1889 to pack in1906 to pack up1925 to cop out1942 to give it away1949 1906 A. H. Lewis Confessions 68 I've made up my mind, so far as these ‘Confessions’ go, to pack in and quit. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie vii. 71 He said, ‘We've got to pack in. We can't last with this crowd’. 1962 Economist 3 Nov. 440/2 The Algerians seem to think that Mr Khemisti..broke off the talks as a gesture of solidarity with Cuba. But American reports suggest that it was the State Department itself that decided to pack in. 1992 Today (BNC) The clutch went again near Purley, Surrey. Then, at Gatwick, the engine packed in. 2. transitive. To abandon (an activity or enterprise); to stop, finish (something); (frequently spec.) to desist from (bad behaviour) (frequently in imperative, usually in pack it in!). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 1934 P. Allingham Cheapjack xvii. 212 I packed the game in shortly after I finished with your show... A dishonest man can hardly get a living these days. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 50 Pack it up or in, stop talking or fooling; cut it out. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 47 ‘Why don't you pack in ordering us about, Wally?’ I asked. 1977 Daily Mirror 18 Mar. 24 Hey! You! That's my missus—pack it in! 1992 I. Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 112 Pack that in youse! Do yeez want to end up in a home? 2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 27 Sept. 4 One old dear could stand it no longer and protested: ‘Could you please pack it in and listen to the speech!’ < as lemmas |
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