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Word family  noun fill refill filling filler adjective filling verb fill refill

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ldoce_096_dfill1 /fɪl/ ●●● S1 W1 verb  1  become/make full 变满/使充满FULL [intransitive, transitive] (also fill up) if a container or place fills, or if you fill it, enough of something goes into it to make it full （使）充满；装满 He poured her a drink, then filled his own glass. 他给她倒了一杯，然后将自己的杯子斟满。 My job was filling the flour sacks. 我的工作是装面粉袋。 Take a deep breath and allow your lungs to fill. 深吸一口气，让肺部涨满。fill (something) with something Her eyes filled with tears. 她的双眼噙满了泪水。fill something to the brim/to overflowing (=fill something completely) 将某物装得满满的 a bucket filled to the brim with ice 装满冰的桶 There was just enough wind to fill the sails. 正好有足够大的风鼓满船帆。 Miller’s band was filling dance halls (=attracting a lot of people) all over the country. 米勒的乐队在全国各地的舞厅都人气爆棚。 →5  See picture of fill 装满, load 装车, cram 硬塞2  large thing/number 大的东西/数字 [transitive] if a thing or group fills something, there is no space left 挤满；占满 Crowds of well-wishers filled the streets. 街上满是祈愿的人群。 His wartime experiences would fill a book! 他的战时经历足以写一本书了！ All the seats were filled and a number of people were standing. 位子全坐满了，还有许多人站着。 Numerous pictures fill every available space. 密密麻麻的照片填满了每一块空处。3  sound/smell/light 声音/气味/光线 [transitive]C if a sound, smell, or light fills a place, you notice it because it is very loud or strong 〔声音、气味或光〕遍及，弥漫，照满 The smell of freshly baked bread filled the room. 刚出炉的面包香味弥漫整个房间。be filled with something The air was filled with the sound of children’s laughter. 空气中荡漾着孩子们的笑声。4  emotions 感情 [transitive]EMOTIONAL if you are filled with an emotion, or if it fills you, you feel it very strongly 使充满〔某种感情〕be filled with admiration/joy/happiness etc I was filled with admiration for her. 我对她满怀钦佩。be filled with horror/fear/anger/doubt/remorse Their faces were suddenly filled with fear. 他们的脸上顿时写满了恐惧。fill somebody with something The prospect filled him with horror. 将要发生的事使他心中充满恐惧。5  NEEDprovide STH 提供某物 [transitive] to provide something that is needed or wanted but which has not been available or present before 满足fill a need/demand Volunteers fill a real need for teachers in the Somali Republic. 志愿者满足了索马里共和国对教师的迫切需求。fill a gap/hole/niche etc I spent most of the summer filling the gaps in my education. 这一年夏天我大部分时间在弥补自己学识上的欠缺。 The company has moved quickly to fill the niche in the overnight travel market. 该公司立刻采取行动，填补夜间旅行市场的空白。6  spend time 花费时间 [transitive]SPEND TIME if you fill a period of time with a particular activity, you spend that time doing it 占据〔时间〕fill your time/the days etc (with something) I have no trouble filling my time. 我很会打发时间。7  perform a job 完成一项工作 [transitive] to perform a particular job, activity, or purpose in an organization, or to find someone or something to do this （派人）担任；充任fill a post/position/vacancy etc Women fill 35% of senior management positions. 女性担任35%的高级管理职位。 Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, the vacancy has already been filled. 感谢你的来信，遗憾的是这一空缺已经有人填补。 The UK should find another weapon to fill the same role. 英国应当寻求其他武器来发挥同样的作用。8  crack/hole 缝隙/孔 [transitive] (also fill in)REPAIR to put a substance into a hole, crack etc to make a surface level 填补 Fill in any cracks before starting to paint. 先把裂缝填塞好再开始粉刷。 materials developed to fill tooth cavities 研制出来以填补牙洞的材料9. fill yourself (up)/fill your face informalFULL to eat so much food that you cannot eat any more 吃饱10  fill an order BBTto supply the goods that a customer has ordered 供应订单；按单配足订货 The company is struggling to fill $11 million in back orders. 该公司在赶一批1,100万美元的欠交订单。11  fill the bill American EnglishSUITABLE to have exactly the right qualities 完全符合要求，正合适 SYN British English fit the bill We needed an experienced reporter and Willis fills the bill. 我们需要一个经验丰富的记者，而威利斯正是合适的人选。12. fill somebody’s shoes to do the work that someone else normally does, especially when this is difficult because they have set a high standard 代做某人的工作〔尤用于某人定下很高标准以致工作很难做时〕13 fill in phrasal verb a) document 文件WRITE fill something ↔ in to write all the necessary information on an official document, form etc 填写〔正式文件、表格等〕 Don’t forget to fill in your boarding cards. 别忘了填写你们的登机卡。b) tell SB news 告诉某人消息 fill somebody ↔ inTELL to tell someone about recent events, especially because they have been away from a place 向…提供最新消息〔尤因某人曾去别处〕fill somebody ↔ in on I think you’d better fill me in on what’s been happening. 我想你最好还是告诉我发生了什么。c) crack/hole 缝隙/孔REPAIR fill something ↔ in to put a substance into a hole, crack etc so it is completely full and level 填补，填平〔洞、缝隙等〕d) SPEND TIME fill in time to spend time doing something unimportant because you are waiting for something to happen 打发时间 She flipped through a magazine to fill in the time. 她翻着一本杂志打发时间。e) space 空间DRAW fill something ↔ in to paint or draw over the space inside a shape 给〔图形〕填色[添阴影]f) do SB’s job 干某人的工作JOB/WORK to do someone’s job because they are not there 〔因某人不在而〕临时替代 for I’m filling in for Joe for a few days. 我给乔代几天班。14 fill out phrasal verb a)DOCUMENT 文件 WRITE fill something ↔ out to write all the necessary information on an official document, form etc 填写〔正式文件、表格等〕b) FATif you fill out, or your body fills out, you become slightly fatter 长胖 Eric has filled out around the waist. 埃里克腰围变粗了。c) if a young person fills out, their body becomes more like an adult’s body, for example by having bigger muscles, developing breasts etc 〔年轻人〕身体逐渐发育成熟 At puberty, a girl’s body begins to fill out. 到了青春期，女孩子的身体就开始丰满起来。d) fill something ↔ out to add more details to a description or story 使〔描述或故事〕更详尽，充实15 fill up phrasal verb a) FULLif a container or place fills up, or if you fill it up, it becomes full （使）充满；（使）装满 with Her eyes filled up with tears. 她的眼里噙满泪水。fill something ↔ up Shall I fill the car up (=with petrol)? 要我给车加满油吗？b) fill (yourself) up informalFULL to eat so much food that you cannot eat any more 吃饱fill (yourself) up with/on Don’t fill yourself up with cookies. 别吃太多曲奇饼。 He filled up on pecan pie. 他用山核桃馅饼填饱了肚子。c) DFFULL fill somebody up informal food that fills you up makes you feel as though you have eaten a lot when you have only eaten a small amount 〔食物〕使某人觉得饱〔实际吃的量很少〕n GrammarFill belongs to a group of verbs where the same noun can be the subject of the verb or its object. • You can say: She filled the bath with water. In this sentence, ‘the bath’ is the object of fill.• You can say: The bath filled with water. In this sentence, ‘the bath’ is the subject of fill. THESAURUSfill to put enough of something into a container to make it full （使）充满Jenny filled the kettle and put it on to boil. 珍妮把壶灌满，开始烧水。Party balloons can be filled with helium. 聚会上用的气球可以充氦气。fill up to fill something completely – used especially about putting petrol in the tank of a car （使）加满〔尤指给车加汽油〕I need to fill up the car. 我得给车加满油。The waiter filled up everyone’s glasses. 侍者把每个人的杯子都斟满了。nIf the oil tank is less than half full, tell them to fill it up.load/load up to fill a vehicle with goods, furniture etc 给…装货Two men were loading a truck with boxes of melons. 两名男子在将一箱箱甜瓜装上卡车。stuff/cram to quickly fill something such as a bag or pocket by pushing things into it tightly 〔将包或口袋〕塞满,装满She hurriedly stuffed some things into an overnight bag and left. 她匆匆往小旅行包里塞了一些东西就走了。refill to fill a container again, after what was in it has been used 再装满〔容器〕I’m just going to refill this bottle from the tap. 我正要打开龙头再把这瓶子灌满。top up British English, top off American English to fill a glass or cup that still has some liquid in it 斟满〔杯子〕Can I top up your glass of wine? 我给你斟满酒杯好吗？replenish formal to make something full again, especially with a supply of something such as water or food 把…再装满〔尤指水、食物等〕The lake is fed by springs that are eternally replenished by the rain. 雨水源源不断注入溪流，溪流又汇入该湖。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

fill• They opened the doors and the hall quickly filled.• Some analysts suspect that even the big companies will be stretched to fill all those extra berths.• Agelong Hindu cruelty to his unhappy brethren filled Ambedkar with anger and spite.• Visitors fill Brighton's streets during the summer.• Boxes and piles of magazines filled every room in the house.• A feeling of joy filled his heart.• Not without hesitation, he filled his water-bottle.• Just turn on the faucet and fill it up.• I found a clean mug and filled it.• We stood at the counter, filling our bowls with salad.• An audience of over 5,000 had filled the hall that night.• Fill the hole with a mixture of compost and sand.• The smell of smoke filled the house.• He seemed to Robbie's eyes to fill the limited space.• Mix the spinach and cheese and use it to fill the pasta shells.• Computers used to fill up entire rooms.• After heavy rains in March, the reservoirs began to fill up.• He had a notebook that he had filled with stories and poems.• Morsels of luscious chocolate that seem shaped by a jeweller's hand are filled with sumptuous extravagances.• The days were hot, filled with sunshine and clear skies.• Her eyes suddenly filled with tears.eyes filled with tears• After a while they started to remind him of something, and his eyes filled with tears.• She reproached him and her lovely eyes filled with tears.• Weir's eyes filled with tears.• When I read about her death, my eyes filled with tears.• Simon Cormack's eyes filled with tears and he began to cry uncontrollably.• Her eyes filled with tears, and her hands shook.fill ... space• But has Corky got enough material to fill the space? 9.• Jim Brown tried nightly to fill that space.• Prosperity was an endless prairie, and corporations expanded almost exponentially to fill those empty spaces.• Why fill up the space any sooner than necessary?• Incidentally, direct a little light down behind the speaker: it fills the space behind him and makes him more three-dimensional.• It must have been built to fill a space that was left after the five houses had been completed.• If Virginia Street seemed to stretch the material to fill the space, this second play seems to cram it in.• Yamaha is also offering an optional factory-fitted alarm and a U-lock to fill that space under the seat.be filled with something• For a week six bubbles were filled with boxes full of potpourri which had become infested with moths.• The sixth building, an explosives testing bunker, was filled with concrete.• The world is filled with divorced women.• My friends were filled with dread for the time when they would play my part in this ritual of passing.• The following day is filled with fatigue and irritability, and just making it through the workday is a major feat.• It was filled with hundreds of exotic ornaments his grandfather had collected on trips to the continent.• His black bag was filled with medicines.• He gave me a smile that was filled with pride.• Crowded stores were filled with shoppers.• Those who retained sufficient self-respect and sense of responsibility to think of the future were filled with the deepest apprehension.be filled with horror/fear/anger/doubt/remorse• Then he was filled with anger.• Their faces were filled with horror and fear when they saw me.• Her mind was filled with fears and hopes, the principal one being the same for her as for him.• I was filled with fear at what I had done.fill a gap/hole/niche etc• These interpretations will fill gaps, clarify, explain, and provide an overall view. 1.• At home, it will probably content itself with continuing to fill gaps in its branch network by buying thrifts.• Each draws significantly upon previously existing courses and each attempts to fill a gap in the current national provision of undergraduate education.• Finally, again as predicted, children coin new terms to fill gaps in their vocabularies.• Foreign agribusinesses, using sophisticated Internet marketing, quickly fill gaps in U.S. supplies of everything from asparagus to garlic.• Also plant replacements to fill gaps, or collections to fill new areas.• It was the finale for a grand old lady which filled a gap pending the arrival of more modern types.• It jumped in to fill a gap when InterCity ended seated accommodation on most sleeping car trains.fill ... role• And who, today, comes anywhere near filling that role?• Inside, however, I felt inherently inferior, inadequate to fill the role.• This will have profound implications for established roles and relationships, and the development of people with talent to fill the roles.• Until then, only the Government - which means the Department of the Environment - can fill this role.• With the shift toward commercial traffic plus diminishing federal support, most regional providers have to evolve to fill new roles.• Thomas gave Rose credit for filling the role of point guard Wednesday.• But, for the most part, these men and women were hired to fill more junior roles than Mr Steffen's.• We deny this, only to the inevitable result that we fool ourselves, and fill our leadership roles with fools.fill2 noun  1  have had your fill of something informalENOUGH to have done something or experienced something, especially something unpleasant, so that you do not want any more 对某事受够了 I’ve had my fill of screaming kids for one day. 这一整天我已经听够了孩子们的尖叫。2. eat/drink your fill old-fashionedFULL to eat or drink as much as you want or need 开怀大吃/畅饮

Examples from the Corpus

fill• He probably can not afford to get his fill.• And as I stood and gazed my fill A stable-boy came down the hill.• The fill must be stabilized before big-time development can start on the island.From Longman Business Dictionaryfillfill /fɪl/ verb1fill a job/post/vacancy etcHUMAN RESOURCES to find and employ a suitable person to do a job that has been advertisedHeadhunters are charging up to 60% of annual salary to fill a top job.The post cannot be filled by a British executive because it requires a more south-east Asian background.2fill a gap/hole/nicheMARKETING to provide a product or service that is needed but is not available or has not been provided beforeThe product has been researched and developed to fill a gap in the market place.IBM introduced a mainframe that fills a hole in its product line.3fill a need/demandMARKETING to provide a service that will deal with a problemThe futures and options business has filled a need for managing the fluctuating exchange rates.4fill an orderMANUFACTURING to supply the goods a customer has orderedAfter filling an order for the car from other Eastern European countries, the plant will be shut down. → fill something → in → fill in for somebody → fill something → out → fill up→ See Verb tableOrigin fill1 Old English fyllan; related to → FULL1

fill1 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1fill2 nounLDOCE OnlineChinese  

fills, Corpus a place or if Business container or

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fill¹ S1 W1 /fɪl/ verb1.  BECOME/MAKE FULL  [intransitive and transitive] (also fill up) if a container or place fills, or if you fill it, enough of something goes into it to make it full:
    He poured her a drink, then filled his own glass.
    My job was filling the flour sacks.
    Take a deep breath and allow your lungs to fill.
    fill (something) with something
    Her eyes filled with tears.
    fill something to the brim/to overflowing (=fill something completely)
    a bucket filled to the brim with ice
    There was just enough wind to fill the sails.
    Miller’s band was filling dance halls (=attracting a lot of people) all over the country.
2.  LARGE THING/NUMBER  [transitive] if a thing or group fills something, there is no space left:
    Crowds of well-wishers filled the streets.
    His wartime experiences would fill a book!
    All the seats were filled and a number of people were standing.
    Numerous pictures fill every available space.
3.  SOUND/SMELL/LIGHT  [transitive] if a sound, smell, or light fills a place, you notice it because it is very loud or strong:
    The smell of freshly baked bread filled the room.
    be filled with something
    The air was filled with the sound of children’s laughter.
4.  EMOTIONS  [transitive] if you are filled with an emotion, or if it fills you, you feel it very strongly
    be filled with admiration/joy/happiness etc
    I was filled with admiration for her.
    be filled with horror/fear/anger/doubt/remorse
    Their faces were suddenly filled with fear.
    fill somebody with something
    The prospect filled him with horror.
5.  PROVIDE SOMETHING  [transitive] to provide something that is needed or wanted but which has not been available or present before
    fill a need/demand
    Volunteers fill a real need for teachers in the Somali Republic.
    fill a gap/hole/niche etc
    I spent most of the summer filling the gaps in my education.
    The company has moved quickly to fill the niche in the overnight travel market.
6.  SPEND TIME  [transitive] if you fill a period of time with a particular activity, you spend that time doing it
    fill your time/the days etc (with something)
    I have no trouble filling my time.
7.  PERFORM A JOB  [transitive] to perform a particular job, activity, or purpose in an organization, or to find someone or something to do this
    fill a post/position/vacancy etc
    Women fill 35% of senior management positions.
    Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, the vacancy has already been filled.
    The UK should find another weapon to fill the same role.
8.  CRACK/HOLE  [transitive] (also fill in) to put a substance into a hole, crack etc to make a surface level:
    Fill in any cracks before starting to paint.
    materials developed to fill tooth cavities
9. fill yourself (up)/fill your face informal to eat so much food that you cannot eat any more
10. fill an order to supply the goods that a customer has ordered:
    The company is struggling to fill $11 million in back orders.
11. fill the bill American English to have exactly the right qualities
   SYN  fit the bill British English:
    We needed an experienced reporter and Willis fills the bill.
12. fill sb’s shoes to do the work that someone else normally does, especially when this is difficult because they have set a high standard
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ fill to put enough of something into a container to make it full: Jenny filled the kettle and put it on to boil. | Party balloons can be filled with helium.
   ▪ fill up to fill something completely – used especially about putting petrol in the tank of a car: I need to fill up the car. | The waiter filled up everyone’s glasses. | If the oil tank is less than half full, tell them to fill it up.
   ▪ load/load up to fill a vehicle with goods, furniture etc: Two men were loading a truck with boxes of melons.
   ▪ stuff/cram to quickly fill something such as a bag or pocket by pushing things into it tightly: She hurriedly stuffed some things into an overnight bag and left.
   ▪ refill to fill a container again, after what was in it has been used: I’m just going to refill this bottle from the tap.
   ▪ top up British English, top off American English to fill a glass or cup that still has some liquid in it: Can I top up your glass of wine?
   ▪ replenish formal to make something full again, especially with a supply of something such as water or food: The lake is fed by springs that are eternally replenished by the rain.
     
fill in phrasal verb
  1.  DOCUMENT fill something ↔ in to write all the necessary information on an official document, form etc:
    Don’t forget to fill in your boarding cards.
  2.  TELL SOMEBODY NEWS fill somebody ↔ in to tell someone about recent events, especially because they have been away from a place
    fill somebody ↔ in on
    I think you’d better fill me in on what’s been happening.
  3.  CRACK/HOLE fill something ↔ in to put a substance into a hole, crack etc so it is completely full and level
  4. fill in time to spend time doing something unimportant because you are waiting for something to happen:
    She flipped through a magazine to fill in the time.
  5.  SPACE fill something ↔ in to paint or draw over the space inside a shape
  6.  DO SB’S JOB to do someone’s job because they are not there
    fill in for
    I’m filling in for Joe for a few days.
fill out phrasal verb
  1. fill something ↔ out to write all the necessary information on an official document, form etc
  2. if you fill out, or your body fills out, you become slightly fatter:
    Eric has filled out around the waist.
  3. if a young person fills out, their body becomes more like an adult’s body, for example by having bigger muscles, developing breasts etc:
    At puberty, a girl’s body begins to fill out.
  4. fill something ↔ out to add more details to a description or story
fill up phrasal verb
  1. if a container or place fills up, or if you fill it up, it becomes full
    fill up with
    Her eyes filled up with tears.
    fill something ↔ up
    Shall I fill the car up (=with petrol)?
  2. fill (yourself) up informal to eat so much food that you cannot eat any more
    fill (yourself) up with/on
    Don’t fill yourself up with cookies.
    He filled up on pecan pie.
  3. fill somebody up informal food that fills you up makes you feel as though you have eaten a lot when you have only eaten a small amount

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fill² noun1. have had your fill of something informal to have done something or experienced something, especially something unpleasant, so that you do not want any more:
    I’ve had my fill of screaming kids for one day.
2. eat/drink your fill old-fashioned to eat or drink as much as you want or need