- put someone or something into (a space or container) so that it is completely or almost completely full使充满; 装满; 注满; 填满; 挤满; 占满：
I filled up the bottle with water
我给瓶子注满了水
the office was filled with reporters.
办公室里挤满了记者。
- block up (a cavity in a tooth) with cement, amalgam, or gold（用粘固剂、汞合金或黄金）堵塞, 充填（龋齿的空洞）。
- no obj.
fill with
become full of被充满： Elinor's eyes filled with tears.
埃莉诺的眼里噙满泪水。
- become an overwhelming presence in充满; 布满：
a pungent smell of garlic filled the air.
空气中弥漫着刺鼻的大蒜味。
- cause (someone) to have an intense experience of an emotion or feeling使产生某种强烈感受：
his presence filled us with foreboding.
他的在场让我们充满了不祥的预感。
- no obj.(of a sail) curve out tautly from its supports as the wind blows into it（帆）迎风（或受风）鼓起（或张开）。
- with obj.(of the wind) blow into (a sail), causing it to curve outwards（风）使（帆）迎风（或受风）鼓起（或张开）。
- Poker complete (a good hand) by drawing the necessary cards【纸牌】（用吊牌的方法）凑成, 做成（一手好牌）。
- appoint a person to hold (a vacant post)派人充任（空缺职位）。
- hold and perform the expected duties of (a position or role)充任, 充当（职位, 角色）：
she fills the role of the 'good' child.
她担当“好”孩子的角色。
- occupy or take up (a period of time)占用, 占去（一段时间）：
the next few days were filled with meetings.
随后的几天都被用来开会。
- chiefly N. Amer. be supplied with the items described in (a prescription or order)〈主北美〉配（药方）; 供应（定货）。
one's fill
- an amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear（对某物的）最大需求（或承受）量：
we have eaten our fill
我们已经吃得够饱了
I've had my fill of surprises for one day.
我一天中碰到的意外事情已经够多的了。
- an amount of something which will occupy all the space in a container（容器的）最大容量：
a fill of tobacco.
一烟斗烟丝。
- mass noun material, typically loose or compacted, which fills a space, especially in building or engineering work（尤指用于建筑、工程中的）填料, 填充物：
loose polystyrene fill.
疏松的聚苯乙烯填料。
- mass noun the action of filling something, especially of shading in a region of a computer graphics display（尤指计算机图形显示区明暗处理的）填充。
- (in popular music) a short interjected phrase on a particular instrument（流行音乐用语）（某种乐器上的）插入短句, 插入乐句。
fill one's boots
- informal have as much of something as one wants; do something to the full〈非正式〉尽情地吃; 充分地做某事：
fill your boots with spicy Szechuan food for under five bucks a plate.
每盘不足五美元的麻辣四川菜, 请吃个够。
fill the bill
- 见
BILL1 .
fill someone's shoes （或 boots）
- informal take over someone's function or duties and fulfil them satisfactorily〈非正式〉胜任地接手某人的工作。
fill in
- act as a substitute for someone when they are unable to do their job暂代工作：
my producer will have to have someone standing by to fill in for me.
我的制片人不得不临时找了个人随时准备接替我工作。
fill someone in
- inform someone more fully of a matter, giving all the details向某人提供更多情况：
I patiently filled him in on the British tradition of sherry tippling.
我耐心细致地给他讲了英国人喝雪利酒的传统。
- Brit. informal , dated hit or punch someone〈英, 非正式, 旧〉击打某人, 猛击某人：
I filled in a chap and took his money.
我揍了一个家伙, 拿走了他的钱。
fill something in
- put material into a hole, trench, or space so that it is completely full把（某物）填满：
the canal is now disused and partly filled in.
这条运河现已废弃不用, 部分已被填平。
- complete a drawing by adding colour or shade to the spaces within an outline在（画稿）上着色：
incised letters, filled in with gold.
着成金色的雕刻字母。
- Brit add information to complete a form or other official document〈英〉填写（表格等）。
- use one's spare time between other more important activities打发, 消磨（时间）：
we spent an uneasy few days filling in time.
我们心神不宁地消磨了几天时间。
fill out
- (of a person) put on weight to a noticeable extent（人）明显长胖。
fill something out
- chiefly N. Amer. add information to complete an official form or document〈主北美〉填写（表格等）。
- give more details to add to someone's understanding of something（为使某人更多地了解情况）提供关于（某事）的更多细节（或详情）：
he filled out the background by going into historical questions.
他通过探讨历史问题补充了不少背景材料。
fill up
- become completely full变满：
the dining car filled up.
餐车一下客满了。
- fill the fuel tank of a car给（汽车的油箱）加满汽油。