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- a glass or plastic container, typically one with a narrow neck, used for storing drinks or other liquids（装饮料或其他液体的）狭颈小口瓶。
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- the contents of such a container一瓶（的容量）：
he managed to get through a bottle of wine.
他勉强喝下了一瓶酒。
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the bottle
informal used in reference to the heavy drinking of alcohol〈非正式〉酒癖, 嗜酒：more women are taking to the bottle
越来越多的女性正在爱上杯中之物
some turn to the bottle for comfort.
有的人借酒消愁。
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- Brit. a baby's feeding bottle〈英〉（婴儿）奶瓶。
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- short for HOT-WATER BOTTLE.HOT-WATER BOTTLE的简称。
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- a large metal cylinder holding liquefied gas（装液化气的）钢瓶。
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- mass noun Brit. informal the courage or confidence needed to do something difficult or dangerous〈英, 非正式〉勇气; 信心：
I lost my bottle completely and ran.
我完全丧失了勇气, 跑开了。
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- with obj.（一般作be bottled）place (drinks or other liquid) in glass or plastic containers for storage把（饮料或其他液体）装入瓶中。
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- Brit. place (fruit or vegetables) in glass jars with other ingredients in order to preserve them〈英〉把（水果蔬菜等）装瓶保存。
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- [一般作 adj. bottled] store (gas) in a container in liquefied form将（液化气）装瓶。
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- no obj.
bottle out
Brit. informal lose one's nerve and decide not to do something〈英, 非正式〉丧失勇气, 泄气： the Minister has bottled out of real reforms.
部长已丧失了真正推行改革的勇气。
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- with obj. informal throw a glass bottle at (someone)〈非正式〉用玻璃瓶砸：
he was bottled offstage at a club last Saturday.
上星期六, 在一家夜总会他被用玻璃瓶砸下了台。
短语
bottle and glass
- Brit. rhyming slang arse〈英, 谐俚〉屁股; 笨蛋, 饭桶。
hit the bottle
- informal start to drink alcohol heavily, especially as a form of spurious comfort〈非正式〉酗酒（尤指借酒消愁）。
in bottle
- (of wine) having been aged for a specified number of years in its bottle（酒）储存经年：
the wine is ready for drinking after eight years in bottle.
这酒藏了八年, 现在能喝了。
词源
late Middle English (denoting a leather bottle)： from Old French boteille, from medieval Latin butticula, diminutive of late Latin buttis 'cask, wineskin' （see BUTT4 ）.
短语动词
bottle someone up
- keep an enemy force trapped or contained诱（敌）入圈套; 围困; 钳制：
the army was bottled up inside the citadel.
部队被围困在城堡内。
bottle something up
- repress or conceal feelings over a period of time掩盖; 抑制, 压制：
if she bottles it up, it will only be worse later
假如她把这憋在心里, 以后情况会更糟
as adj. bottled up Lily's bottled-up fury.莉莉憋着一肚子怒气。