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F0119500 (fĭl)v. filled, fill·ing, fills v.tr.1. a. To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level: fill a glass with milk; filled the tub with water.b. To supply or provide to the fullest extent: filled the mall with new stores.c. To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.d. To stop or plug up (an opening, for example).e. To repair a cavity of (a tooth).f. To add a foreign substance to (cloth or wood, for example).2. a. To flow or move into (a container or area), often to capacity: Water is filling the basement. Fans are filling the stadium.b. To pervade: Music filled the room.3. a. To satiate, as with food and drink: The guests filled themselves with pie.b. To engage or occupy completely: a song that filled me with nostalgia.4. a. To satisfy or meet; fulfill: fill the requirements. See Synonyms at satisfy.b. To supply what is specified by or required for: fill a prescription; fill an order.5. a. To put a person into (a job or position): We filled the job with a new hire.b. To discharge the duties of; occupy: How long has she filled that post?6. To cover the surface of (an inexpensive metal) with a layer of precious metal, such as gold.7. Nautical a. To cause (a sail) to swell.b. To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.v.intr. To become full: The basement is filling with water.n.1. An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied: eat one's fill.2. Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.3. a. A built-up piece of land; an embankment.b. The material, such as earth or gravel, used for this.Phrasal Verbs: fill in1. To write information in (a blank space, as on a form).2. To write in (information) in a blank space.3. Informal To provide with information that is essential or newly acquired: I wasn't there—would you fill me in?4. To act as a substitute; stand in: an understudy who filled in at the last minute. fill out1. To complete (a form, for example) by providing required information: carefully filled out the job application.2. To become or make more fleshy: He filled out after age 35.Idioms: fill (someone's) shoes To assume someone's position or duties. fill the bill Informal To serve a particular purpose.

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[Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]

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fill′a·ble adj.

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vb (adverb) 1. (tr) to complete (a form, drawing, etc)2. (intr) to act as a substitute: a girl is filling in while the typist is away. 3. (tr) to put material into (a hole or cavity), esp so as to make it level with a surface4. (tr) informal to inform with facts or news5. (tr) slang Brit to attack and injure severely n 6. a substitute 7. informal US a briefing to complete one's understanding

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	fill in - supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments"inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"
	2.	fill in - represent the effect of shade or shadow onshadeartistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"crosshatch - shade with multiple crossing lines; "the draftsman crosshatched the area"
	3.	fill in - be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"stand in, sub, substituteexchange, interchange, change - give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
	4.	fill in - write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"fill out, complete, make out

fill

verb1. To make or become full; put as much into as can be held:charge, freight, heap, load, pack, pile.2. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container:block, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, plug, stop.3. To supply fully or completely:answer, fulfill, meet, satisfy.phrasal verb
fill in or out
1. To supply what is lacking:complement, complete, round (off or out), supplement.2. To act as a substitute:stand in, substitute, supply.Informal: pinch-hit, sub.nounSomething used to fill a hole, space, or container:choke, cork, plug, stop, stopper.

Translations

填写填补提供关于...的情况暂代消磨

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(fil) verb1. to put (something) into (until there is no room for more); to make full. to fill a cupboard with books; The news filled him with joy. 裝滿 装满2. to become full. His eyes filled with tears. 充滿 充满3. to satisfy (a condition, requirement etc). Does he fill all our requirements? 滿足 满足4. to put something in a hole (in a tooth etc) to stop it up. The dentist filled two of my teeth yesterday. 鑲補 镶补 noun as much as fills or satisfies someone. She ate her fill. 飽 饱filled adjective having been filled. 充滿的，裝滿的 充满的，装满的 ˈfiller noun1. a tool or instrument used for filling something, especially for conveying liquid into a bottle. 注入器 注入器2. material used to fill cracks in a wall etc. 填充物 填充物ˈfilling noun anything used to fill. The filling has come out of my tooth; He put an orange filling in the cake. 填料，餡 填料，馅 ˈfilling-station noun a place where petrol is sold. 加油站 加油站fill in1. to add or put in (whatever is needed to make something complete). to fill in the details. 填補 填补2. to complete (forms, application etc) by putting in the information required. Have you filled in your tax form yet? 填寫 填写3. to give (someone) all the necessary information. I've been away – can you fill me in on what has happened? 提供關於...的情況 提供关于...的情况4. to occupy (time). She had several cups of coffee at the cafeteria to fill in the time until the train left. 消磨 消磨5. to do another person's job temporarily. I'm filling in for her secretary. 暫代 暂代fill up to make or become completely full. Fill up the petrol tank, please. 裝滿 装满

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