| 单词 | fill in |
| 释义 | fill in1. phrasal verb If you fill in a form or other document requesting information, you write information in the spaces on it. [mainly British] If you want your free copy of the magazine, fill this form in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Fill in the coupon and send it first class to the address shown. [VERB PARTICLE noun] regional note: in AM, usually use fill out2. phrasal verb If you fill in a shape, you cover the area inside the lines with colour or shapes so that none of the background is showing. When you have both filled in your patterns, you may want to share these with eachother. [VERB PARTICLE noun] With a lip pencil, outline lips and fill them in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If you fill someone in, you give them more details about something that you know about. [informal] I didn't give Reid all the details yet–I'll fill him in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He filled her in on Wilbur Kantor's visit. [V n P + on] 4. phrasal verb If you fill in for someone, you do the work or task that they normally do because they are unable to do it. Small firms rely on agencies to fill in for absent permanent staff. [VERB PARTICLE + for] 5. phrasal verb [usually passive] If you are filling in time, you are using time that is available by doing something that is not very important. That's not a career. She's just filling in time until she gets married. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 6. See also fill [sense 3] See full dictionary entry for fillfill in in British Englishverb (adverb) 1. (transitive) to complete (a form, drawing, etc) 2. (intransitive) to act as a substitute a temp is filling in while the receptionist is away 3. (transitive) to put material into (a hole or cavity), esp so as to make it level with a surface 4. (transitive) informal to inform with facts or news 5. (transitive) British slang to attack and injure severely noun fill-in 6. a substitute 7. US informal a briefing to complete one's understanding adjective fill-in 8. photography that supplements the main lighting and e.g. reduces shadows fill-in lighting/illumination fill-in flash 9. informal acting as a temporary substitute for someone or something Florida's fill-in third baseman took it as a fill-in job and ended up doing it for three years fill in in American English1. to fill with some substance 2. to make complete by inserting or supplying something 3. to insert or supply for completion 4. US to be a substitute fill-in in American English (ˈfɪlˌɪn) noun a person or thing that fills a vacancy or gap, often temporarily Examples of 'fill in' in a sentence |
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