fill
verb
uk/fɪl/us/fɪl/fillverb(SPACE)
A2[IorT]
to make orbecomefull; to useemptyspace:
（使）充满，（使）装满，（使）注满；占据；布满I filled thebucketwithwater.我往桶里注满了水。
I couldhearthetankfilling.我能听见往蓄水池里注水的声音。
She filled most of hertimewatchingTV.她靠看电视打发大部分时间。
figurativeHappysoundsfilled theroom(= could beheardeverywherein theroom).房间里充满了欢声笑语。
C2[IorT]
to put asubstanceinto anemptyspace:
（以…）填塞，充注Beforepainting, fill(in)all thecracksin theplaster.粉刷之前先把所有的裂缝用灰泥填满。
Thesecakesare filledwithcream.这些蛋糕是奶油夹心的。
figurativeTheproductclearlyfilled aneed/gapin themarket.该产品显然填补了市场的需求／空白。
[T]
to make someone have aparticularfeeling:
充满…的感觉figurativeThethoughtof it fills mewith(= makes mefeel)dread.一想到这一点我心中就充满恐惧。
[T]
to put asubstanceinto aholein atoothtorepairit:
补（牙）You should get thatcavityfilled.你应该把那个牙洞补上。
- On New Year'sEve, thousands of revellers fill Trafalgar Square.
- Thethoughtofspeakinginfrontof so manypeoplefills me withhorror.
- The settingsunfilled theskywith adeeporangeglow.
- Theperfumeof therosesfilled theroom.
- Thebathwas filling withwater.
Filling and completing
- backfill
- box ticking
- brick
- brick upsomething
- brim
- gas
- jam
- overcrowd
- overrun
- pack
- packsomething/somewhereout
- permeate
- pervade
- round
- stuffing
- suffuse
- supersaturated
- takesomethingup
- tank
- tank up
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Inspiring feelings in others
Feelings - general words
Dentistry
fillverb(JOB)
C1[T]
to give ajoborpositionto someone:
派人担任I'msorry, thejob/post/vacancyhas already been filled.很抱歉，这个工作／职位／空缺已经有人充任了。
We wouldpreferto fill thepositionwith(= give it to)arecentgraduate.我们更想找个应届大学毕业生来做这份工作。
Applying for a job
- acquihire
- advertisement
- anoint
- anointed
- applicant
- assign
- elect
- get in
- go intosomething
- golden hello
- goonda
- handpicked
- nomination
- referee
- relocation expenses
- resume
- retain
- rope
- self-constituted
- testimonial
Grammar
Fullorfilled?
Full is an adjective, and means ‘containing a lot’:…Idioms
fill your boots
have big shoes to fill
Phrasal verbs
fillsomethingin/out
fillsomeonein
fill in
fill out
fill(something)up
fillsomeoneup
fill
noun[U]
uk/fɪl/us/fɪl/someone's fill is as much as theywantor candealwith:
需要的量；可应付的量He took only a fewminutestoeat/drinkhis fill.他只花了几分钟时间就吃饱了／喝够了。
I'd had my fillofhisruderemarks.我已经听够了他粗鲁无礼的言论。
Enough
- adequacy
- adequate
- adequately
- enough
- go
- go round
- good
- hold
- hold out
- respectable
- respectably
- say
- say whenidiom
- suffice
- suffice (it) to sayidiom
- sufficient
- sufficiently
- that
- that will doidiom
- the