Wednesday, May 15, 2013

pack it away

(1)pack it away其中一個意思是eat like a horse,指「吃很多」,例如:

Golden China Buffet Lets You Pack It Away
金華自助餐讓你盡情吃
(《西雅圖時報》標題)
茲介紹含pack的幾個習語,都非常實用:
(2)The blockbuster is packing the crowds in.

該齣電影巨片吸引大批觀眾。
(3)Let's pack it in for today.
我們今天就此結束吧。
(4)Our car packed in on the way to the beach.

我們的汽車在開往沙灘的路上拋錨。
(A New Dictionary of American Colloquial Expressions)

(5)She packed her children off to school.
她把小孩送去上學。
(6)When the boss found Ron loafing on the job, he sent him packing.

老闆看到羅恩在偷懶,立刻把他辭退。

(Modern American Colloquialisms)

(7)The company will probably pack up and move south.

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