The word "fill" as a verb means to make something full, occupy a space, plug a hole, spread through an area, evoke an emotion, occupy time, satisfy a need, or take on a role. It can also be used intransitively to mean becoming full. As a noun, it can refer to having enough of something. Key phrasal verbs include "fill in" (complete a form, give details, substitute for someone), "fill out" (complete a form, become larger/fatter), and "fill up" (make full, eat a lot).
Word: fill
As a verb, 'fill' means to make something full, occupy a space, plug a hole, spread throughout an area, evoke a strong emotion, occupy time with an activity, satisfy a need, or take on a role or job. It can also mean to be the cause of something being full or to take something up. As a noun, it can refer to having enough of something or a filling for a tooth.
Phrasal verbs include 'fill in' (to complete a form, provide details, or temporarily substitute for someone), 'fill out' (to complete a form or become larger/fatter), and 'fill up' (to make something full or to eat a lot).
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)装满；(使)注满；(使)充满 If you fill a container or area, or if it fills, an amount of something enters it that is enough to make it full.
[V n with n]
[V n]
[V with n]
[V]
[V n P]
[V P with n]
[Also V P]
Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a slow boil...
往平底锅里加满水，小火煮沸。
She made sandwiches, filled a flask and put sugar in...
她做了三明治，把保温瓶灌满，又放了糖进去。
The victims' lungs fill quickly with fluid...
受害者的肺里很快充满了积液。
The boy's eyes filled with tears...
男孩眼泪汪汪。
While the bath was filling, he padded about in his underpants.
往浴缸里放水时，他穿着内裤走来走去。
Fill up means the same as fill .fill up 同 fill
Pass me your cup, Amy, and I'll fill it up for you...
把杯子递给我，埃米，我给你加满。
Warehouses at the frontier between the two countries fill up with sacks of rice and flour.
两国边境地区的仓库里堆满了一袋袋的大米和面粉。
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[VERB 动词]挤满；占满；充塞 If something fills a space, it is so big, or there are such large quantities of it, that there is very little room left.
[V n]
He cast his eyes at the rows of cabinets that filled the enormous work area...
他把目光投向那一排排挤占了巨大工作空间的柜子。
The text fills 231 pages.
正文占了 231 页。
Fill up
fill up同 fill means the same as fill.
[V P n (not pron)]
[Also V n P]
...the complicated machines that fill up today's laboratories.
充斥当今实验室的各种复杂仪器
filled
...four museum buildings filled with historical objects.
塞满历史文物的 4 幢博物馆大楼
-filled
...the flower-filled courtyard of an old Spanish colonial house.
一座西班牙殖民时期的老房子里开满鲜花的庭院
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[VERB 动词]填塞，填平(缝隙或孔洞) If you fill a crack or hole, you put a substance into it in order to make the surface smooth again.
[V n with n]
[V n]
[V n P]
[Also V P n (not pron)]
Fill small holes with wood filler in a matching colour...
用颜色相配的木质填料填平小孔。
The gravedigger filled the grave.
掘墓人把墓穴填上。
Fill in means the same as fill .fill in 同 fill
If any cracks have appeared in the tart case, fill these in with raw pastry.
如果饼皮开裂，就用生的油酥面团填平。
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[VERB 动词]布满；使遍及 If a sound, smell, or light fills a space, or the air, it is very strong or noticeable.
[V n]
[V n with n]
[V-ed]
In the parking lot of the school, the siren filled the air...
警报声响彻学校停车场。
All the light bars were turned on which filled the room with these rotating beams of light...
所有灯条都打开了，满屋都是旋转的光柱。
The barn was filled with the sour-sweet smell of fresh dung.
谷仓里弥漫着新粪酸甜的气味。
-filled
...another sunshine-filled day.
又一个阳光明媚的日子
...those whose work forces them to be in dusty or smoke-filled environments.
那些出于工作原因不得不呆在满是烟尘环境中的人
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[VERB 动词]使强烈地感到；(感情)充盈于 If something fills you with an emotion, or if an emotion fills you, you experience this emotion strongly.
[V n with n]
[V n]
[V-ed]
I admired my father, and his work filled me with awe and curiosity...
我很钦佩父亲，并对他的工作充满了敬畏和好奇。
He looked at me without speaking, and for the first time I could see the pride that filled him...
他看着我没有说话，我第一次看出他内心充满了自豪。
He stared at his favourite child, dismayed, filled with fear.
他惊愕地盯着自己最宠爱的孩子，满心恐惧。
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[VERB 动词]度过，打发(时间) If you fill a period of time with a particular activity, you spend the time in this way.
[V n]
[Also V n with n]
[V P n (not pron)]
[Also V n P]
If she wants a routine to fill her day, let her do community work.
如果她想做些日常的事务来打发白天的时间，就让她去做社区工作吧。
Fill up means the same as fill.fill up 同 fill
On Thursday night she went to her yoga class, glad to have something to fill up the evening.
星期四晚上她去上了瑜伽课，很高兴自己有事可做。
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[VERB 动词]满足(需要)；弥补(空白) If something fills a need or a gap, it puts an end to this need or gap by existing or being active.
[V n]
...properly organized and staffed day-care programs fill a need which allows family structures to remain intact...
组织得当、人员配备齐整的日托中心满足了人们的需求，保持了家庭结构不受破坏。
She brought him a sense of fun, of gaiety that filled a gap in his life.
她带给他开心快乐，弥补了他生命中的缺憾。
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[VERB 动词]充任；担任；发挥 If something fills a role, position, or function, they have that role or position, or perform that function, often successfully.
[V n]
Dena was filling the role of diplomat's wife with the skill she had learned over the years.
德娜利用她多年来学到的处事技巧扮演着外交家妻子的角色。
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[VERB 动词]填补(职位空缺) If a company or organization fills a job vacancy, they choose someone to do the job. If someone fills a job vacancy, they accept a job that they have been offered.
[V n]
One problem not mentioned is the unemployed may not have the skills to fill the vacancies on offer...
一个没有提及的问题是，失业人员也许缺乏填补所提供的空职的技能。
A vacancy has arisen which I intend to fill.
有一个职位空了出来，我想要补上。
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[VERB 动词]使吃饱；填饱…的肚子 If you fillyourself with food, you eat so much that you do not feel hungry.
[V pron-refl with n]
They joked and drank coffee and filled themselves with chocolate cake.
他们开着玩笑，喝着咖啡，尽情地吃着巧克力蛋糕。
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[VERB 动词]使爆满；使满座；使座无虚席 A play, film, or performer that fills a theatre, concert hall, or cinema attracts a very large audience.
[V n]
Children are enthralled by his stories； he has been known to fill theatre halls in Australia.
孩子们为他的故事所着迷；众所周知他在澳大利亚总是场场爆满。
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[VERB 动词]补(牙) When a dentist fills someone's tooth, he or she puts a filling in it.
[V n]
It is almost impossible to find a dentist who will fill a tooth on the National Health.
几乎不可能找到一位愿意接受国民医疗保健来补牙的医师。
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[VERB 动词](按订单)供货；(按药方)配药 If you fill an order or a prescription, you provide the things that are asked for.
[V n]
[mainly AM 主美]
A pharmacist can fill any prescription if, in his or her judgment, the prescription is valid.
只要药剂师认定处方有效就可按方配药。
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[PHRASE 短语]受够；对…感到厌烦 If you have had your fill of something, you have had enough of it, and do not want to experience it any more or do it any more.
[V inflects]
We feel that we have had our fill of disappointments and emotional upsets.
我们觉得已经受够了失望和情绪困扰。
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to fill the bill→see:
bill
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]填，填写(表格等) If you fill in a form or other document requesting information, you write information in the spaces on it.
[V n P]
[V P n (not pron)]
[mainly BRIT 主英]
If you want your free copy of the Patients' Charter fill this form in...
如果想要一份免费的《病人约章》，就把这张表填一下。
Fill in the coupon and send it first class to the address shown.
填写订单，并按一类邮件寄至注明的地址。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用fill out
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]涂满，填充(图形) If you fill in a shape, you cover the area inside the lines with colour or shapes so that none of the background is showing.
[V P n (not pron)]
[V n P]
When you have both filled in your patterns, you may want to share these with each other...
两人都把图案填好色后，不妨互相交换着看一下。
With a lip pencil, outline lips and fill them in.
用唇线笔勾出双唇的轮廓，然后涂上唇膏。
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]告诉…详情；向…详述 If you fill someone in, you give them more details about something that you know about.
[V n P]
[V n P on n]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
I didn't give Reid all the details yet — I'll fill him in...
我还没有告诉里德所有详情——我会讲给他听的。
He filled her in on Wilbur Kantor's visit.
他告诉她威尔伯·坎特此行的详细经过。
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]临时补缺；暂代 If you fill in for someone, you do the work or task that they normally do because they are unable to do it.
[V P for n]
Vice-presidents' wives would fill in for first ladies.
副总统夫人们将临时代替各位第一夫人。
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]See also:
fill
；消磨，打发(时间) If you are filling in time, you are using time that is available by doing something that is not very important.
[V P n (not pron)]
[usu passive]
That's not a career. She's just filling in time until she gets married.
那算不上什么事业，她只不过是在嫁人之前打发一下时间而已。
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]填，填写(表格等) If you fill out a form or other document requesting information, you write information in the spaces on it.
[V P n (not pron)]
[Also V n P]
[mainly AM 主美]
Fill out the application carefully, and keep copies of it.
仔细填写申请表，并且保存副本。
in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用fill in
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词](很瘦的人)发胖，长胖 If a fairly thin person fills out, they become fatter.
[V P]
A girl may fill out before she reaches her full height.
女孩子在长足个头之前可能会发胖。
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词](使)吃饱；填饱(…的)肚子 If you fill up or fill yourself up with food, you eat so much that you do not feel hungry.
[V P on/with n]
[V pron-refl P with n]
Fill up on potatoes, bread and pasta, which are high in carbohydrate and low in fat...
用碳水化合物含量高、脂肪含量低的土豆、面包和意大利面食填饱肚子。
When you are happy about yourself you won't need to fill yourself up with food.
一个人如果感觉舒心，就不必去胡吃海塞。
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]See also:
fill 1
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；(食物)使易饱，使有饱胀感 A type of food that fills you up makes you feel that you have eaten a lot, even though you have only eaten a small amount.
[V n P]
Potatoes fill us up without overloading us with calories.
吃土豆容易让我们有一种饱胀感，又不会摄入过多的热量。
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fill★/fɪl; NAmEfɪl/
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fillfillsfilledfillingverb★make full 使充满1★[transitive , intransitive ]to make sth full of sth; to become full of sth （使）充满，装满，注满，填满fillsth ◆Please fill this glass for me.请把这个杯子给我倒满。◆to fill a vacuum/void填补真空╱空间◆The school is filled to capacity.这所学校已经满员。◆Smoke filled the room.房间里烟雾弥漫。◆The wind filled the sails.风吹帆张。◆A Disney film can always fill cinemas (= attract a lot of people to see it).迪斯尼电影总是让电影院座满。fillsth with sth ◆to fill a hole with earth/a bucket with water用泥土把洞填起来；把水桶装满水fillsth + adj. ◆Fill a pan half full of water.给平底锅装半锅水。fill(with sth) ◆The room was filling quickly.房间很快就挤满了人。◆Her eyes suddenly filled with tears.她的眼里突然噙满了泪水。◆The sails filled with wind.帆胀满了风。block hole 堵洞2★[transitive ]fillsth (with sth) to block a hole with a substance 堵塞，填补（洞、孔）◆The crack in the wall had been filled with plaster.墙上的洞已用灰泥堵上了。◆I need to have two teeth filled (= to have fillingsput in them). 我有两颗牙要补。◆( figurative) The product has filled a gapin the market. 这个产品填补了市场的空白。with feeling 感情3★[transitive ]fillsb (with sth) to make sb have a strong feeling 使充满（感情）◆We were all filled with admiration for his achievements.我们都十分佩服他的成就。with smell/sound/light 气味；声；光4★[transitive ]fillsth (with sth) if a smell, sound or light fillsa place, it is very strong, loud or bright and easy to notice 使遍及；弥漫；布满；照满-filled 充满…5( in adjectives 构成形容词) full of the thing mentioned 充满…的◆a smoke-filled room烟雾弥漫的房间◆a fun-filled day充满欢乐的一天a need 需要6[transitive ]fillsth to stop people from continuing to want or need sth 满足◆More nurseries will be built to fill the need for high-quality child care.将建立更多的托儿所以满足高质量儿童保育的需要。job 工作7[transitive ]fillsth to do a job, have a role or position, etc. 担任；充任◆He fills the post satisfactorily (= performs his duties well).他很尽职。◆The team needs someone to fill the role of manager very soon.该队迫切需要一个人来担任经理。8[transitive ]fillsth to appoint sb to a job 派人担任◆The vacancy has already been filled.该空缺已有人接任。time 时间9[transitive ]fillsth (up) to use up a particular period of time doing sth 耗去；打发；消磨◆How do you fill your day now that you've retired?现在你已退休了，怎样打发你的日子？with food 食物10[transitive ]fillsb/yourself (up) (with sth) ( informal) to make sb/yourself feel unable to eat any more （使）吃饱◆The kids filled themselves with snacks.孩子们吃点心吃饱了。an order 订单11[transitive ]fillsth if sb fillsan order or a prescription,they give the customer what they have asked for （按订单）供应；交付（订货）；（按药方）配药☞see also
unfilled
IDIOMfill sb's shoes/bootsto do sb's job in an acceptable way when they are not there 妥善代职☞more at
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n.PHRASAL VERBSˌfill ˈin (for sb)to do sb's job for a short time while they are not there 暂时代替；临时补缺ˌfill sth↔ˈin1★( BrE) to complete a form, etc. by writing information on it 填写（表格等）◆to fill in an application form填写申请表◆To order, fill in the coupon on p 54.订货填写 54 页上的订货单。2★to fill sth completely 填满；塞满◆The hole has been filled in.洞已填平。3to spend time doing sth while waiting for sth more important 消磨，打发（时间）◆He filled in the rest of the day watching television.他看电视打发了那天余下的时光。4to complete a drawing, etc. by covering the space inside the outline with colour 给（图画等）最后着色ˌfill sb ˈin (on sth)to tell sb about sth that has happened 向…提供（情况）ˌfill ˈoutto become larger, rounder or fatter 膨胀；扩张；长胖；长肥★ˌfill sth↔ˈout= fill sth in (1 )★ˌfill ˈup (with sth) | ˌfill sth↔ˈup (with sth)to become completely full; to make sth completely full 充满；（使）填满；装满◆The ditches had filled up with mud.沟渠中塞满了淤泥。◆to fill up the tank with oil把油罐装满油noun[singular ]1your fill(of sth/sb) as much of sth/sb as you are willing to accept 填满…的量；足够…的量◆I've had my fill of entertaining for one week.我已足足享受了一周的娱乐活动。2your ~ (of food/drink)as much as you can eat/drink 吃饱的量；喝足的量fill/fɪl; NAmEfɪl/
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1become/make 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: 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.2large 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.3sound/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.4emotions [transitive] if you are filled with an emotion, or if it fills you, you feel it very stronglybe 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.5provide something [transitive] to provide something that is needed or wanted but which has not been available or present beforefill 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.6spend time [transitive] if you fill a period of time with a particular activity, you spend that time doing itfill your time/the days etc (with something) I have no trouble filling my time.7perform a job [transitive] to perform a particular job, activity, or purpose in an organization, or to find someone or something to do thisfill 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.8crack/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 cavities9fill yourself (up)/fill your face informal to eat so much food that you cannot eat any more10fill an order to supply the goods that a customer has ordered: The company is struggling to fill $11 million in back orders.11fill the bill American English to have exactly the right qualitiesSYN fit the bill British English: We needed an experienced reporter and Willis fills the bill.12fill somebody’s shoes to do the work that someone else normally does, especially when this is difficult because they have set a high standardGRAMMARFill 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.Grammar guide ‒ VERBSTHESAURUSfill 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 verb1document fill something ↔ in to write all the necessary information on an official document, form etc: Don’t forget to fill in your boarding cards.2tell somebody news fill somebody ↔ in to tell someone about recent events, especially because they have been away from a placefill in on I think you’d better fill me in on what’s been happening.3crack/hole fill something ↔ in to put a substance into a hole, crack etc so it is completely full and level4 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.5space fill something ↔ in to paint or draw over the space inside a shape6do somebody’s job to do someone’s job because they are not therefill in for I’m filling in for Joe for a few days.fill out phrasal verb1 fill something ↔ out to write all the necessary information on an official document, form etc2if you fill out, or your body fills out, you become slightly fatter: Eric has filled out around the waist.3if 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.4fill something ↔ out to add more details to a description or storyfill up phrasal verb1if a container or place fills up, or if you fill it up, it becomes fullfill up with Her eyes filled up with tears.fill something ↔ up Shall I fill the car up (=with petrol)?2fill (yourself) up informal to eat so much food that you cannot eat any morefill 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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1have 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.2eat/drink your fill old-fashioned to eat or drink as much as you want or need
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[fɪl]filled, filling, fills
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filled[31083] filling[9067] fills[3592]
填充(47%)，装满(41%)，弥漫(5%)，担任(5%)，足量(2%)
n.满足；填满的量；装填物
vt.装满，使充满；满足；堵塞；任职
vi.被充满，膨胀
n.(Fill)人名；(德、俄、匈)菲尔
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