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单词 pack
释义 pack
I. \ˈpak\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English pak, pack, of Low German origin; akin to Middle Low German & Middle Dutch pak, MFlemish pac
1.
 a.
  (1) : a compact bundle of goods or equipment arranged for convenience in carrying especially on the back of an animal or man
   < sat on the deck by the bulky aid packs that the corpsmen had deposited — L.M.Uris >
   < parachute pack >
  (2) : a knapsack or blanket roll for carrying personal effects
   < have him roll a full field pack … extra shoes helmet and all — James Jones >
  (3) : a climb or hike with a pack on one's back
 b. : a group or pile of related objects: as
  (1) : a shook of cask staves
  (2) : a bundle of sheet-metal plates for rolling simultaneously
  (3) : a number of separate photographic films packed so as to be inserted together into a camera and each attached to a paper tab that on being withdrawn moves the individual exposed film to the back of the lot
  (4) : a set of two or three color films or plates for simultaneous exposure — compare bipack, tripack
  (5) : a stack of theatrical flats arranged in sequence
 c.
  (1) : a number of individual components packaged as a unit usually for marketing : packet
   < pack of cigarettes >
   < a fiber drum pack of dressed chickens — Recommended Specifications for Poultry & Poultry Products >
   < open a pack of canned goods >
  (2) : container
   < saw the little pilot chute whip out behind him, dragging the silk from the pack — Howard Hunt >
  specifically : a package for a commercial product
   < polyethylene makes ideal individual packs catsup, mustard, jelly — Newsweek >
  (3) : a compact unitized assembly to perform a specific function (as a power pack to energize a radio set)
  (4) : a container shielded with lead or mercury for holding radium in large quantities especially for therapeutic application
2. : a group of people: as
 a. : a set of persons with similar aims or background
  < took her for granted as part of the family pack — Anne D. Sedgwick >
 especially : a hostile or destructive clique
  < pursued … by a pack of every able-bodied villager, armed with sticks and stones — T.H.White b.1906 >
  < this heedless pack of curiosity seekers were suffocating him — L.C.Douglas >
 b. : the forward line of a rugby team
 c. : an organized troop (as of the Boy Scouts)
  < a cub pack may be started in any community where a group of interested parents obtain the sponsorship of a responsible institution — Parents' Magazine >
3.
 a. : the contents of a pack : any of various units (as a 240-pound measure for wool, a linen yarn measure of 60,000 yards, 20 books of gold leaf) based on the amount in a standard pack
 b. : a large amount or number : heap
  < a … good fellow with packs of courage — H.J.Laski >
  < a pack of lies made up by a vindictive person — Rex Ingamells >
 c.
  (1) : a set of cards that is complete for the playing of a given game; especially : the full deck of 52 cards of 4 suits with all or part of which most card games are played
  (2) : any portion of a set of playing cards remaining undealt at any stage of a card game
  (3) : the discard pile in canasta and similar games
  (4) : a group of cards of special value in a card game because of their number or their high rank : a strong card hand
4.
 a. : an act or instance of packing
  < field pack of peaches by migrant workers >
  < the first experimental packs were made in Denver in 1908 — M.A.Joslyn & L.A.Hohl >
 b. : a method of packing
  < vacuum pack >
  < dry sugar packs are in the proportion of three pounds of fruit to one of sugar — Anne Pierce >
 c. : the total amount (as of produce or fish) packed during a specified period
  < the military requires … more than 9 percent of the national pack of canned fruits and vegetables — R.B.Russell >
  < supplying the fish for a hundred thousand case pack — N.C.McDonald >
5.
 a.
  (1) : a group of domesticated animals trained to hunt or run together
   < kept a pack of tiny beagles — E.J.Oates >
   < led the pack out of the starting gate — G.F.T.Ryall >
  (2) : a group of usually wild animals of the same kind congregating in herds, flocks, or schools
   < baboons … ran in packs of fifty or more — Alan Moorehead >
   < tunas roving the open sea in packs — Rachel L. Carson >
   < prairie chickens congregating in winter packs >
  specifically : a group of predatory animals hunting together
   < wolf pack >
 b. : a group of vehicles traveling together
  < made the freeway and flitted through the slower car packsMotor Life >
 especially : an organized group of combat craft
  < a submarine pack that sank twelve ships in two hours — Fortune >
  < the pack of jets … passed overhead on their way to the targets — B.J.Friedman >
6.
 a. : a concentrated mass
  < a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved — Scott Fitzgerald >
 specifically : ice pack
  < locked in the antarctic ice until the breakup of the pack in the summer — Glen Jacobsen >
 b. : a supporting wall or pillar in a coal mine built of gob
7.
 a. : absorbent material saturated with water or other liquid for therapeutic application to the body or a body part — see cold pack, hot pack, ice pack
 b. : a folded square or compress of gauze or other absorbent material used especially to maintain a clear field in surgery, to plug cavities, to check bleeding by compression, or to apply medication
8.
 a. : mudpack
 b. : an application or treatment of oils or creams for conditioning the scalp and hair
9. : material used as packing
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English pakken, probably from Middle Dutch, from pak pack, noun
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to stow in or as if in a container : make into a compact bundle
  < packed and unpacked all the gear in traveling — Weston La Barre >
  < a couple of staff sergeants were packing film into the combat cameras — Walter Peters >
  < put on his hat, packed up his family, and set off — Atlantic >
  < packs an extraordinary amount of information into a few pages — Times Literary Supplement >
 b. : to fill completely : cram to capacity : stuff, jam
  < pack a bag >
  < pack a stadium >
  < the whole horizon seemed packed with their white sails — Kenneth Roberts >
  < into twelve hours had been packed the events that well might have filled a lifetime — Rafael Sabatini >
  < a route … packed with scenes of mountain splendor — O.S.Nock >
 c. : to fill with packing: as
  (1) : to fill in (as mine stopes or old workings) with waste rock to support the roof
  (2) : to fill (a fractionating column or tower) with loose pieces of solid material
 d. archaic : to hoist and carry as much (sail) as possible — usually used with on
  < packed on all sail — William Scoresby †1857 >
 e. : to load with a pack
  < pack a mule >
 f. : to put in a protective container : package or preserve for shipment or marketing
  < vegetables usually reach Salinas by the truckload and there they are washed, trimmed, inspected and packedMonsanto Magazine >
2.
 a. : to crowd together : assemble in a compact group
  < in the yard packed solid were the farmers, standing silently — Meridel Le Sueur >
  < in the past all the galaxies now so widely scattered were packed tightly together — George Gamow >
 b. : to increase the density of : compress
  < packed the lower soil so that capillarity could operate — W.P.Webb >
3.
 a. : to cause or command to go : send
  < saw her packed back to Holland when the Dutch exiled him — Time >
  — usually used with off
  < the children are packed off to Sunday school — Times Literary Supplement >
  < calmed him down and packed him off to bed — Clemence Dane >
 specifically : to dismiss unceremoniously
  < could neither be tactfully paid off nor summarily packed off — S.H.Adams >
 b. : to bring or come to an end or halt : finish, stop — used with up or in
  < gossip … that he might soon pack up his assignment and return to the United States — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
  < machine-gun bullets packed up the airplane's transmitter >
  < does not mean that … a supreme master in the saddle, will pack in riding — Irish Digest >
4. : to gather into a tight formation : make a pack of
 < hounds well packed as they close in on their quarry >
specifically : to take one's place in (a rugby scrum)
 < the coach came in and we packed a scrum for him — A.P.Gaskell >
5.
 a. : to cover or surround with a pack
  < packed it away from the operative field with gauze packs — R.P.Parsons >
 specifically : to envelop (a patient) in a wet or dry sheet or blanket
 b. : to caulk or fit by filling or surrounding with material that prevents passage (as of air, water, or steam)
  < the valve stem is packed against exhaust pressure only — Ingersoll-Rand General Catalogue >
6.
 a. : to carry or transport on foot
  < pack a canoe over a portage >
  < two platoons … were ordered to pack the ammunition to them on foot — Infantry Journal >
  < pack a suitcase >
 b. : to convey usually on the back of an animal
  < would pay $20 a day each to be packed back into the … Gorge for trout — Frank Daugherty >
  < packed guns and ammunition enough to make their horses swaybacked — F.B.Gipson >
 c. : to wear or carry as part of one's regular equipment
  < pack a gun >
  < pack a union card >
  < clothes-conscious … although they stop somewhere short of packing a rolled-up umbrella — W.L.Worden >
 d. : to be supplied or equipped with : possess
  < the storm … packing winds of eighty to ninety miles — New York Times >
  < these proven weapons … pack nuclear warheads — R.C.Albrook >
  < few streets in America pack more history to the square foot — Budd Schulberg >
 e. slang : to be capable of making (an impact)
  < world's heavyweight champion … packed a wallop — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
  < a book that packs a man-sized punch — C.J.Rolo >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to go away : depart
  < no one simply packs off and leaves an obligation without first making some explanation — Dorothy Baker >
 specifically : to consider oneself summarily dismissed
  < when he refused to work … he was calmly told by the youthful manager to pack up — Breeder's Gazette >
 b. : to come to a halt : cease to function : quit, stop — used with up or in
  < the motors coughed and packed up — Auckland (New Zealand) Weekly News >
  < why don't you pack in, before you kill yourself — Millard Lampell >
2.
 a. : to stow goods and equipment (as clothes and personal belongings) in luggage or packs for transportation
  < was given an overseas assignment and sent home to pack >
  < the company will probably pack up and move south — Time >
 specifically : to package a product for shipment
  < the final step in flour manufacture is packingStudies for Flour Salesmen >
 b. : to become adapted for packing
  < a knit dress packs well >
  < air mattresses pack away into a small space >
 c. archaic : to increase the speed of a ship by crowding on sail
  < be ready to pack after them, if they are gone to the bay — Horatio Nelson >
 d. : to become filled to capacity
  < watch the big tarnished grange pack to the rafters — William Du Bois >
3.
 a. : to assemble in a group : congregate
  < snow partridges are wont to pack like grouse in the autumn — Douglas Carruthers >
 specifically : to run close together
  < the dogs followed in fine order, packing and driving as they went — Red Ranger >
 b. : to crowd together
  < excursionists … pack into a bus — Richard Joseph >
 specifically : to form a rugby scrum
  < forwards still mostly packed 3-2-3 — O.L.Owen >
4.
 a. : to arrange a group of related objects in a compact mass
  < one man handed up sandbags while the other packed >
 b. : to increase in density
  < some broken ores tend to pack in stopes, and must be blasted out — Robert Peele >
  < ice packed up against the cab glasses, and visibility was just about nil — O.S.Nock >
5.
 a. : to carry or convey goods or equipment
  < domesticated animals … used for packing — J.H.Steward >
 b. : to travel with one's baggage by horse or muleback
  < telling about the summer he packed into the Big Horn mountains of Wyoming — Hamilton Basso >
Synonyms:
 crowd, cram, stuff, ram, tamp: pack, orig. meaning to form into bundles for convenient handling especially in transporting, implies also the orderly economical filling of a receptacle or a total often excessive or uncomfortable filling of anything
  < pack a bag for an overnight trip >
  < pack a box until it splits open at the sides >
  < a play that packs the theater every night >
  crowd implies a great number of things out of proportion to the space available for them, sometimes suggesting pressing or serious inconvenience
  < salmon crowded both streams — W.L.Worden >
  < various chapters of the book are crowded with references — Paolo Milano >
  < visitors crowding the vacation areas >
  cram suggests more strongly the excessive packing to the point of bruising or squeezing, often implying a disorderly and forcible insertion of something into an inadequately large receptacle or area
  < into a day that begins each morning at 7:30, Jim crams enough work to fill two — Newsweek >
  < the man whose shelves are crammed with horticultural books — A.J.P.Taylor >
  < a man doesn't try to cram his feet into his wife's shoes — Constance Foster >
  stuff implies a filling to the point of bulging or protrusion, often suggesting also the disorder of cramming
  < stuff a pillow with feathers >
  < stuff a handful of bills into a wallet >
  < stuffed himself with cake >
  ram carries the idea of pounding, stamping, or pushing hard to force in
  < ram a bullet into the rifle barrel >
  < pronging great slices of meat onto his fork and ramming them into his mouth — Bruce Marshall >
  tamp usually implies a loose packing in (as of something granular) by the pressure of repeated light blows
  < tamping the gravel back around the ties — Charlton Laird >
  < tamp tobacco in a pipe bowl >
  < the floors were of tamped earth — American Guide Series: Washington >
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: perhaps alteration (influenced by pack) (II) of pact (I)
intransitive verb
obsolete : to make a secret agreement : conspire
 < go pack with him, and give the mother gold — Shakespeare >
transitive verb
1. obsolete
 a. : to let into a conspiracy : make an accomplice of
  < that goldsmith there, were he not packed with her, could witness it — Shakespeare >
 b. : to arrange in secret : plot
  < had it been a packed business, they would have been careful not to have differed in a tittle — Francis Bragge >
2.
 a. : to influence the composition of (as a political agency) so as to bring about a desired result
  < succeeded … in packing parliament with their adherents — Publ's Mod. Lang. Association of American >
  < could pack the ballot with dummy candidates to split the vote — New Republic >
 b. obsolete : to manipulate (playing cards) fraudulently : stack
3. : to add a pack to — used chiefly of the price of an automobile or other item of durable goods
 < those who sign contracts in blank are making it easy for the unethical dealer to pack the account — Facts About Buying Used Cars >

- pack cards
IV. noun
(-s)
1. obsolete : compact, plot
2. : an unjustified surcharge or markup added to a price by a dealer often in collusion with other dealers or with a finance company
 < many a dealer admitted privately that he added a pack … to allow more room for the discounts his customers expected — Time >
V. adjective
Etymology: perhaps from pack (III)
chiefly Scotland : very friendly : intimate
 < unco pack and thick thegither — Robert Burns >
VI.
variant of pac
VII. transitive verb

- pack it in
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