bottle
bottle — noun
1. a container with a small top opening for holding drinks or other liquid.
a container with a small top opening for holding drinks or other liquid.
Aiko filled a glass bottle with cold tea for the picnic.
a bottle of / glass bottle
After the street concert, three empty juice bottles rolled under the park bench.
At the clinic, hand soap comes in a blue plastic bottle.
The waiter set a water bottle beside each plate before lunch.
文法句型
a bottle of + liquid
glass / plastic bottle
用法筆記
Common with materials and contents, especially in patterns such as 'glass bottle', 'plastic bottle', and 'a bottle of water'. Distinguish from sense 4 when the focus is the amount inside, not the container itself.
常見錯誤
2. a feeding bottle for a baby, or the milk or formula given in it.
a feeding bottle for a baby, or the milk or formula given in it.
When the twins woke, Dad warmed two bottles in the kitchen.
bottle = one milk feed
The baby pushed the bottle away and fell asleep again.
Rosa packed a clean bottle and formula for the bus ride.
By midnight, the nurse had given Leo one more bottle.
- feeding bottle
more explicit term for the container
- baby bottle
common everyday phrase for the container
- feed
used only when talking about one meal, not the object
文法句型
give a baby a bottle
finish a bottle
用法筆記
This sense can mean either the container itself or one milk feed from it. Distinguish from sense 1, which is any narrow-necked container for liquids.
常見錯誤
3. bravery to do something risky or unpleasant.
bravery to do something risky or unpleasant.
Tariq finally had the bottle to ask for a pay rise.
have the bottle to + verb
It takes real bottle to dive first into that cold river.
Noa showed plenty of bottle during the storm at sea.
After missing one easy catch, the young keeper lost his bottle.
文法句型
have the bottle to + verb
show / lose bottle
用法筆記
Mostly British informal. Common in patterns such as 'have the bottle', 'show bottle', and 'lose your bottle'.
常見錯誤
4. the quantity that fills one bottle or is sold in one bottle.
the quantity that fills one bottle or is sold in one bottle.
Omar drank a whole bottle of water after the long hike.
quantity sense: a whole bottle of
The recipe needs half a bottle of soy sauce.
half a bottle of + liquid
We bought three bottles of sparkling water for the meeting.
Only one bottle of olive oil was left for Sunday lunch.
- bottleful
more exact but less common
- one bottle
plain counting expression for the same amount
文法句型
half / one / two bottles of + liquid
drink / buy + number + bottles
用法筆記
Choose this sense when 'bottle' works as a unit of amount, especially with numbers or fractions. Sense 1 is about the object itself.
常見錯誤
bottle — verb
1. to place a liquid, fruit, or similar product into bottles for storage or sale.
to place a liquid, fruit, or similar product into bottles for storage or sale.
Workers bottle the sauce while it is still warm.
bottle + liquid
This apple juice is bottled at a small factory near Hualien.
passive: be bottled at + place
Grandma bottles peaches every August for winter desserts.
The farm bottles fresh milk before the morning truck arrives.
文法句型
bottle + liquid / fruit
be bottled at + place
用法筆記
The object is usually a liquid, fruit, or sauce, and the verb is often passive in food and drink production. It also appears in home-preserving contexts.
常見錯誤
2. to pull back from doing something because fear suddenly takes over.
to pull back from doing something because fear suddenly takes over.
Zane was ready to jump, then bottled it at the edge.
fixed pattern: bottle it
The singer almost bottled it before walking onto the wet stage.
almost bottle it
Inez wanted to complain, but she bottled it in the office.
With one lap left, nobody expected Hana to bottle it in the final sprint.
- back out
neutral phrasal verb for deciding not to do something
- lose nerve
close in meaning, with emphasis on sudden fear
- chicken out
informal and more mocking in tone
- go through with
means to do the planned action despite difficulty
- face up to
focuses on dealing with something bravely
文法句型
bottle it
almost / nearly bottle it
用法筆記
Usually appears as 'bottle it', especially in British informal speech, about a difficult action someone planned to do. It sounds more sudden than simply saying someone was afraid.