单词 | bottle something ↔ up |
释义 | bottle something ↔ upbottle something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v a) HIDE/NOT SHOWto deliberately not allow yourself to show a strong feeling or emotion 抑制〔感情〕,强忍住 It is far better to cry than to bottle up your feelings. 哭出来比憋在心里要好得多。 b) to cause problems by delaying something 压住,使耽搁 The bill has been bottled up in Congress. 这个议案一直被压在国会。 Examples from the Corpus bottle up• He was a great believer in expressing aggression, not bottling it up.• Nearly six months after the tragedy, he's still bottling it up.• You will be better off saying your piece and seeing what happens rather than keep bottling things up.• If he'd tried to bottle it up he would have exploded one way or the other long before now.• I've been bottling it up inside me far too long.• If I bottle it up, then it bursts out.• Yes, he said he found the bottle washed up to shore about an hour ago. → bottle something ↔ up at bottle2(2) |
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