bag
/bæg; bæɡ/ n
1
(a) container made of flexible material (eg paper, cloth or leather) with an opening at the top, used for carrying things from place to place 袋; 包; 提包: a `shopping-bag 购物袋
a `handbag 手提包 * a `kitbag 旅行袋
a `toolbag 工具袋 * a `mailbag 邮袋.
(b) such a container with its contents; the amount it contains 一袋或一包的物品; 一袋或一包的量
two bags of coal 两袋煤.
2 thing resembling a bag 袋状物
bags under the eyes, ie loose folds of skin under the eyes, eg from lack of sleep 眼下肿包.
3 all the birds, animals, etc shot or caught 猎获物
We got a good bag today. 我们今天猎获甚丰.
4 (infml derog 口, 贬) fussy, unattractive or bad-tempered (usu older) woman 爱挑剔的、令人厌烦或脾气坏的(通常为较年长的)女人
She's an awful old bag. 她是个爱挑剔的老太婆.
5 (idm 习语) ,bag and `baggage with all one's belongings, often suddenly or secretly 带著全部财物(常为突然地或秘密地)
Her tenant left, bag and baggage, without paying the rent. 她的房客未付房租就带著全部财物离去了. a ,bag of `bones a very thin person or animal 骨瘦如柴的人或动物
The cat had not been fed for weeks and was just a bag of bones. 那只猫已有几个星期没喂食了, 简直成了皮包骨. be in the `bag (infml 口) (of a result, an outcome, etc) be as desired (指结果、结局等)不成问题, 如探囊取物
Her re-election is in the bag. 她在改选中已稳操胜券. let the cat out of the bag => cat1. pack one's bags => pack2. the whole bag of tricks => whole.
bag / bæg; bæɡ/ v (-gg-)
1 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) put into a bag or bags 装进袋里
bag (up) wheat 把小麦装进袋里.
2 [Tn] (of hunters) kill or catch (sth) (指猎人)打死或捕获(某物)
They bagged nothing except a couple of rabbits. 他们除猎到两只兔子以外, 一无所获.
3 [Tn] (infml 口) take (sth) without permission but without intending to steal 未经准许而拿走(某物)(但无偷盗之意)
Who's bagged my matches? 谁把我的火柴拿走了?
She bagged (ie occupied, sat in) the most comfortable chair. 她占了最舒适的椅子.
try to bag an empty table, ie to secure one, eg in a crowded restaurant 设法占住一张空桌子(如在拥挤的餐馆中).
4 [I, Ipr] sag or hang loosely, looking like a cloth bag 宽松地下垂或悬吊(如布袋状)
trousers that bag at the knee 膝盖部分宽松的裤子.
5 (idm 习语) bags (I)... (infml 口) I claim... 我要求...
Bags I go first. 我要第一个去.