bottle

1. N-COUNT A bottle is a glass or plastic container in which drinks and other liquids are kept. Bottles are usually round with straight sides and a narrow top. 瓶子

There were two empty beer bottles on the table. 桌上有兩個空啤酒瓶。

He was pulling the cork from a bottle of wine. 他在拔一瓶葡萄酒的瓶塞。

2. N-COUNT You can use bottle to refer to a bottle and its contents, or to the contents only. 瓶

She had drunk half a bottle of whisky. 她已經(jīng)喝了半瓶威士忌。

3. N nerve; courage (esp in the phrase lose one's bottle) 膽量; 勇氣[英國英語] [slang]

4. V-T To bottle a drink or other liquid means to put it into bottles after it has been made. 使裝瓶

This is a large truck which has equipment to automatically bottle the wine. 這是輛有葡萄酒自動裝瓶設(shè)備的大卡車。

5. V to injure by thrusting a broken bottle into (a person) 用破玻璃瓶刺(某人)[slang]

6. N-COUNT A bottle is a drinking container used by babies. It has a special rubber part at the top through which they can suck their drink. 嬭瓶

Gary was holding a bottle to the baby's lips. 加裡正把嬭瓶放到嬰兒的嘴邊。

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