Definition of "fill" in 英语

verb

1. (transitive, ergative) To make full

2. To become full.

   • The bucket filled with rain
   • The room filled with thick smoke.
   • The sails fill with wind

3. (intransitive) To become full.

4. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).

   • The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.
   • We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.
   • To qualify for a home loan, you need to fill a number of requirements.

5. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.

   • The board of supervisors called a specal election to fill the office, and at such special election Henry C. Andrews was elected judge of probate to fill out the said term.
   • Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.

6. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.

   • Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.
   • Be that as it may, had the disturbance continued after our having filled the molar, and presuming that nothing had been done to the bicuspid, we might have been still as far as ever from knowing where the trouble lay.

7. (transitive) To block, obstruct

   • The drains were filled with gunk and no water could flow off.

8. (transitive) To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

   • Are all the children filled and ready for bed?

9. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.

10. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

    • Did you fill that girl last night?

11. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To ejaculate inside someone or something.

noun

1. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

   • Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.

2. An amount that fills a container.

   • The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.

3. The filling of a container or area.

   • That machine can do 20 fills per minute.
   • This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.

4. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.