| 释义 |
bottle someone/thing upKeep someone or something trapped or contained: he had to stay bottled up in New York...- David Brennan was bottled up in the right corner but managed to get the ball back across the goal.
- Alongside him, Denis Glennon drifted outfield but Dublin bottled him up wherever he went, limiting him to just a point.
- Not only did the injury keep him out of five games, it also forced him to take on too many offensive linemen when making plays, and he was bottled up in the process.
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