English Dictionary

bottle

/ˈbɒt.əl/

verb

(transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig. / (transitive, Britain) To feed (an infant) baby formula.

She bottles up her emotions.

意味（1）

(transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.

意味（2）

(transitive, Britain) To feed (an infant) baby formula.

Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.

意味（3）

(Britain, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

The rider bottled the big jump.

意味（4）

(Britain, slang, sports) To throw away a leading position.

Liverpool bottled the Premier League.

意味（5）

(Britain, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.

He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery.

意味（6）

(Britain, slang) To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.

Meat Loaf was once bottled at Reading Festival.

意味（7）

(printing, intransitive) Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.

Closely related to creep is the process of bottling. As you may have noticed from your folded sheet of paper, pages don't merely creep when they're folded — they also rotate slightly. This rotation or bottling is caused by the thickness or bulk of the paper.