fill
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they fill | |
he / she / it fills | |
past simple filled | |
past participle filled | |
-ing form filling |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to make something full of something; to become full of something (使)充满,装满,注满,填满 - fill something
Please fill this glass for me. 请把这个杯子给我倒满。 to fill a space/vacuum/void 填补空间/真空/空隙 Smoke filled the room. 房间里烟雾弥漫。 Her image filled the screen. 她的影像充满了屏幕。 The wind filled the sails. 风吹帆张。 A Disney film can always fill cinemas (= attract a lot of people to see it). 迪士尼电影总是让电影院满座。 The school is filled to capacity. 这所学校已经满员。 - fill something with something
She filled the page with writing. 她在这一页写满了字。 bags filled with household waste 装满生活垃圾的袋子 Carl took a mug and filled it to the brim with hot coffee. 卡尔拿了一个杯子,把它装满了热咖啡。 - fill something + adj.
Fill a pan half full of water. 给平底锅装半锅水。 You've filled it too full. 你填得太满了。 The room was filling quickly. 房间很快就挤满了人。 - fill with something
Her eyes suddenly filled with tears. 她的眼里突然噙满了泪水。 The room filled with smoke. 房间里充满了烟。 The sails filled with wind. 帆张满了风。
Extra ExamplesMourners filled the streets. 哀悼者挤满了街道。 Fireworks filled the sky. 烟花满天。 Crowds filled the stadium. 人群挤满了体育场。 I started to write and quickly filled two pages. 我开始写,很快就写满了两页。 Air rushes in to fill the vacuum. 空气冲进去填补真空。 A sculpture may fill a void at the end of a hallway. 雕塑可能会填补走廊尽头的空白。 They have to fill containers with water from the river. 他们必须用河里的水装满容器。 Fill the device with purified water. 向设备中注入纯净水。 I filled a box with books. 我把一个盒子装满了书。 She filled her pockets with sweets. 她把口袋装满了糖果。 She had filled the room with flowers. 她在房间里放满了花。 He seemed to fill the room with his presence. 他似乎让整个房间的人都感觉到他的存在。 The sky was filled with stars. 满天繁星。 The drawers were all filled to the brim. 抽屉都塞得满满的。 Don't fill the cups completely full so we can add milk. 不要把杯子装满,这样我们就可以加牛奶了。 Fill a bag full of small presents. 装满一袋小礼物。 She filled the kettle from the tap. 她把水壶装满了自来水。 The room soon filled with people. 房间里很快就挤满了人。 The river rose and the cellar filled with water. 河水上涨,地窖充满了水。 The sails began to fill. 帆开始张满。 The school is filled to capacity—we simply can't take any more students. 学校招生名额已满 - 我们根本就没法再招生了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- begin to
- seem to
- with
- be filled to capacity
- be filled to the brim (with something)
- fill something
- [transitive]
to block a hole with a substance 堵塞,填补(洞、孔) - fill something
They used putty to fill the holes. 他们用油灰填洞。 - fill something with something
The crack in the wall had been filled with plaster. 墙上的裂缝已用灰泥堵上了。
Extra ExamplesThey stuffed cloths in the window frames to fill the cracks. 他们在窗框里塞了些布来填补裂缝。 Fill all the nail holes before you paint the wall. 在你粉刷墙壁之前,把所有的钉子洞都填满。
- fill something
- [transitive] fill something
a put a filling (= a small amount of special material) in a hole in a tooth 满足 - [transitive, intransitive]
to make somebody have a strong feeling; to become full of a strong feeling 使充满(感情) - fill somebody
A deep joy filled me. 我内心充满了深深的喜悦。 - fill somebody with something
We were all filled with admiration for his achievements. 我们都十分佩服他的成就。 - fill with something
His heart filled with pride. 他心中充满了骄傲。
Extra ExamplesHearing this news, he was filled with joy. 听到这个消息,他满心欢喜。 Filled with delight to see her, they hugged her. 看到她,他们满心欢喜,拥抱了她。 I was filled with despair. 我充满了绝望。 I felt myself fill with loathing. 我觉得自己充满了厌恶。 Horror and disgust filled my heart. 恐惧和厌恶充斥着我的内心。 My heart filled with sorrow. 我的心里充满了悲伤。 She was filled with love and gratitude. 她充满了爱和感激。 I was filled with so much emotion I didn't know what to do. 我充满了太多的情感,我不知道该怎么办。 This news has filled us with new hope. 这个消息让我们充满了新的希望。 His experiences have filled his heart with rage. 他的经历让他心中充满了愤怒。 You have filled your mind with hatred. 你心中充满了仇恨。
- fill somebody
- [transitive]
if a smell, sound or light fills a place, it is very strong, loud or bright and easy to notice 使遍及;弥漫;布满;照满 - fill something
The sound of bells ringing filled the air. 空气中弥漫着钟声。 - fill something with something
Large windows fill the room with light. 大窗户让房间充满了光线。 The streets were filled with the smell of food cooking. 街道上充满了烹饪食物的味道。
Extra ExamplesThe smell of paint filled the air. 空气中弥漫着油漆的味道。 A strong smell of burning filled the room. 房间里弥漫着浓烈的烧焦味。 Sunlight fills the house. 阳光充满了房子。 He walks in, and tension fills the air. 他走进来,空气中弥漫着紧张。 The air is filled with birds singing. 空气中充满了鸟儿的歌唱。 When she comes home, she fills the house with laughter. 当她回家时,屋子里充满了笑声。 Her parents' house was always filled with music. 她父母的房子总是充满音乐。 a garden filled with the scent of flowers 充满花香的花园
- fill something
(in adjectives )构成形容词 full of the thing mentioned 充满…的 a smoke-filled room 烟雾弥漫的房间 a fun-filled day 充满欢乐的一天
- [transitive] fill something
to supply something that is missing 补: 补足缺失的东西More nurseries will be built to fill the need for high-quality childcare. 将建立更多的托儿所以满足高质量儿童保育的需要。 Choose the best word to fill the gap in each sentence. 选择最好的单词来填补每个句子的空白。 The product has filled a gap in the market. 这个产品填补了市场的空白。 She left a space in his life that nothing could fill. 她在他的生活中留下了一个无人能填补的空间。
Extra ExamplesMore reading will fill the gaps in your knowledge. 多读书会填补你知识上的空白。 I needed extra coaching to fill the gaps in my grasp of the subject. 我需要额外的辅导来填补我对这个问题的理解上的空白。 These kids use drugs to fill a hole in their lives. 这些孩子用毒品来填补他们生活中的一个漏洞。 We believe we are filling a void in the educational system. 我们相信我们正在填补教育系统中的一个空白。
- [transitive] fill something
to do a job, have a role or position, etc. 担任;充任 - [transitive] fill something
to choose somebody for a job 派人担任 - [transitive]
to use up a particular period of time doing something 耗去;打发;消磨 - fill something
How do you fill your day now that you've retired? 现在你已退休了,怎样打发你的日子? Work expands to fill the time available. 工作扩展以填满可用的时间。 - fill something up
I have plenty to fill up my leisure hours. 我有足够的时间来充实我的闲暇时间。 - fill something in
She went for a walk to fill in the time before her next appointment. 她去散步,以填补下次约会前的时间。
- fill something
- [transitive] fill somebody/yourself (up) (with something) (informal)
to make somebody/yourself feel unable to eat any more (使)吃饱 - [transitive] fill something
if somebody fills an order or a prescription, they give the customer what they have asked for (按订单)供应;交付(订货);(按药方)配药 We need to reduce the time taken to fill orders. 我们需要减少完成订单的时间。
see also unfilled
make full使充满
block hole堵洞
tooth牙齿
with feeling感情
with smell/sound/light气味;声;光
-filled充满…
a need/gap
job工作
time时间
with food食物
an order订单
Word OriginOld English fyllan (verb), fyllu (noun) of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vullen and German füllen (verbs), Fülle (noun), also to full.
Idioms
fill/fit the bill
fill your boots (informal)
used to invite somebody to take as much as they like of something such as food, drink, etc; help yourself 尽情享用;随便吃(或喝、用等);请自便
fill somebody’s shoes/boots
to do somebody’s job in an acceptable way when they are not there 妥善代职