Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - bottle
Bottle
bottle
n. & v. --n. 1 a container, usu. of glass or plastic and with a narrow neck, for storing liquid. 2 the amount that will fill a bottle. 3 a baby's feeding-bottle. 4 = hot-water bottle. 5 a metal cylinder for liquefied gas. 6 Brit. sl. courage, confidence. --v.tr. 1 put into bottles or jars. 2 preserve (fruit etc.) in jars. 3 (foll. by up) a conceal or restrain for a time (esp. a feeling). b keep (an enemy force etc.) contained or entrapped. 4 (as bottled adj.) sl. drunk. Phrases and idioms bottle bank a place where used bottles may be deposited for recycling. bottle-brush 1 a cylindrical brush for cleaning inside bottles. 2 any of various plants with a flower of this shape. bottle-green a dark shade of green. bottle party a party to which guests bring bottles of drink. bottle tree any of various Australian trees of the genus Brachychiton with a swollen bottle-shaped trunk. hit the bottle sl. drink heavily. on the bottle sl. drinking (alcoholic drink) heavily. Derivatives bottleful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: ME f. OF botele, botaille f. med.L butticula dimin. of LL buttis BUTT(4)
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English botel, from Old French botele, from Medieval Latin butticula, diminutive of Late Latin buttis cask Date: 14th century 1. a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic having a comparatively narrow neck or mouth and usually no handle, a usually ~-shaped container made of skin for storing a liquid, the quantity held by a ~, 3. intoxicating drink ; the practice of drinking , liquid food (as milk) used in place of mother's milk, mettle, courage, ~ful noun II. transitive verb (~d; bottling) Date: 1594 1. to confine as if in a ~ ; restrain, to put or keep in a position or situation that makes free activity, progress, or escape difficult or impossible, to put into or as if into a ~ , ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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