| 单词 | pack |
| 释义 | pack pack // verb, noun
■ verb [+ obj]
1 pack sth (up) (in/into sth) to put goods into containers for delivery or sale: The pottery was carefully packed into boxes. This is the least expensive way to pack and ship each order. SYN PACKAGE
2 to protect sth that breaks easily by surrounding it with soft material: The glasses were packed in bubble wrap.
3 to preserve food in a particular substance: fish packed in ice
IDIOMS
pack a (big, powerful, etc.) punch ( to be powerful; to have a powerful effect: a machine that packs most of the punch of a desktop, but takes up much less space It will mean being able to say you are seriously big in the life market and can pack a big punch. PHRASAL VERBS pack away to be capable of being folded up small when it is not being used: The tent packs away in a small bag. pack sth in ( to stop doing sth: She decided to pack in her job. pack up (especially BrE) ( if a machine packs up, it stops working: The fax machine's packed up again. pack up; pack sth up (BrE) ( to stop doing sth: If things don't improve, we may as well pack up and go home. He packed up his job. Once you lose their support, you might as well pack up. ■ noun BLISTER PACK, BUBBLE PACK, DISPLAY PACK, FOUR-PACK, GIFT PACK, IN-PACK, MULTIPACK, SIX-PACK 1 [C] a container, usually a small one; a container and its contents: a pack of cigarettes/gum You can buy the disks in packs of ten. He took a disk out of the pack. cigarette packs ⇨ PACKAGE, PACKET 2 [C] a set of documents or objects inside the same cover: We've put together a pack which contains all the necessary information. an information pack a book and CD-ROM pack 3 [C with sing./pl.verb] the people or things in a particular field or industry; the people or things that are not the leaders: We pride ourselves on moving fast, staying ahead of the pack. Two of the supermarket chains are pulling away from the pack. |
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