bot‧tle 1 S1 W2 / bɒtl $ bɑtl / 名词

1 [可数名词] a container with a narrow top for keeping liquids in, usually made of plastic or glass :

an empty bottle

a wine/milk/beer etc bottle

bottle of

a bottle of champagne

2 [可数名词] ( also bottleful ) the amount of liquid that a bottle contains :

Between us, we drank three bottles of wine.

3 [可数名词] a container for babies to drink from, with a rubber part on top that they suck, or the milk contained in this bottle :

My first baby just wouldn’t take a bottle at all.

4 the bottle alcoholic drink – used when talking about the problems drinking can cause :

Peter let the bottle ruin his life.

hit the bottle (= regularly drink too much )

She was under a lot of stress, and started hitting the bottle.

be on the bottle British English (= be drinking a lot of alcohol regularly )

5 [不可数名词] British English informal courage to do something that is dangerous or unpleasant 同义词 nerve :

I never thought she’d have the bottle to do it!

6 bring a bottle British English , bring your own bottle American English used when you invite someone to an informal party, to tell them that they should bring their own bottle of alcoholic drink

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