tucked
past simple and past participle oftuck
| 单词 | tucked |
| 释义 | tucked past simple and past participle oftuck tuck verb[Tusually+ adv/prep] uk/tʌk/us/tʌk/tuckverb[T usually + adv/prep](TIDY)topushalooseend of apieceofclothingormaterialinto aparticularplaceorposition,especiallyto make ittidyorcomfortable: Should I tuck myshirtintomytrousers? He tucked thebottomof thesheetunderthemattress. Placing and positioning an object
tuckverb[T usually + adv/prep](STORE SAFELY)to put something into asafeorconvenientplace: Tuckyourglovesinyourpocketso that you don'tlosethem. She had adolltuckedunderherarm. Eventually Ifoundthecertificatetuckedunderapileofoldbills. Tuckyourchairin(= put it so that theseatof it is under thetable)so that no onetripsover it. Placing and positioning an object
tuckverb[T usually + adv/prep](BODY)toholdpartofyourbodyin aparticularposition: Stand upstraight, tuckyourtummyinand tuckyourbottomunder. Shesatwith herlegstuckedunderher. Placing and positioning an object
tuckverb[T usually + adv/prep](HIDDEN)be tucked (away) to be in aplacethat ishiddenor where fewpeoplego: Tucked along/down thisalleyare somebeautifuloldhouses. Agroupoftinybrickhousesis tucked away behind thefactory. Placing and positioning an object
Phrasal verbstucksomethingaway tucksomeonein tuck in/tuck intosomething Examplesoftuckedtucked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Andtuckedinto this (presumed) final notice of adopted changes in policy statement, there is another notice. From theCambridge English Corpus Because monsters are always the constitutive outside of normativity, the scapegoats constructed of society's devouring anxieties, they can never safely betuckedaway. From theCambridge English Corpus He wore clean black jeanstuckedinside expensive-looking new desert boots. From theCambridge English Corpus And then we picked up the key from her son and, she was neatlytuckedaway in bed, with her nightgown on as always. From theCambridge English Corpus In a way it is curious perhaps to have thesetuckedaway at the end of the book. From theCambridge English Corpus There was the related question of the site: should the complex be prominent, ortuckedaway on back land? From theCambridge English Corpus Tuckedunder his left arm, the figure holds what may be a small fan, and it was once holding an object in the right hand. From theCambridge English Corpus The book is well pitched for them, with fifteen generally short chapters, many illustrations, and footnote referencestuckedaway at the end of each chapter. From theCambridge English Corpus I fear that unsuspecting readers will fail to notice the 'health warning' in small print,tuckedaway in a footnote on another page. From theCambridge English Corpus Note the upturned palm, including the thumb and the supinated forearm, with the elbow initiallytuckedclose to the operator's body. From theCambridge English Corpus A brief, rigorous investigation failed to produce the tableau, and the fragmented ransom note that had launched it wastuckedback into police files. From theCambridge English Corpus Many of these ' customary laws ' weretuckedaway in colonial files or published in anthropological journals. From theCambridge English Corpus The alternative is to envisage a city that is pepper-potted with bits of industrytuckedin and among. From theCambridge English Corpus The stair to the first floor istuckedaway on the south-east side of the main space. From theCambridge English Corpus This point is fundamental to any discussion of global citizenship or an assessment of the prospects for it, but was regrettablytuckedaway in the postscript almost as an afterthought. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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