Meaning: absolute space

n.
physical space independent of what occupies it

PAC Idiom, Proverb

a pack of lies

many lies, no truth to it What Gail is saying about Julie is a pack of lies. It's not true.

backpack (business)

support, be the parent company First, GM backpacked Saab. Then they bought the company.

jam-packed

crowded, full The train that we took this morning was jam-packed with people.

keep pace

go as fast, go at the same rate It was difficult to keep pace with the other students but somehow I managed.

pack a punch

hit hard, have a strong effect Here's a word that packs a punch: guilty.

pack a rod

carry a hand gun, have a gun on a belt The boys knew that one of the students was packing a rod.

pack it in

quit, leave, pull the pin """What if you don't get paid?"" ""I'll pack it in. I'll quit."""

pack uzis

carry automatic rifles, have powerful weapons The news report stated that the soldiers were packing uzis.

pick up the pace

go a little faster, step on it We're walking rather slowly. Can we pick up the pace?

send someone packing

tell someone to leave, dismiss someone He was sent packing because of his bad attitude to his job.

set the pace

decide on a rate of speed to do something that others will follow The manager of our section sets the pace for the employees under him.

spaced out

feeling strange or unreal, stoned After falling, Jeff was spaced out. He looked dazed and limp.

cyberspace

the imaginary place that exists between computers and their users, particularly on the Internet and in virtual reality. The term was coined by the author William Gibson in the book Neuromancer

d pack

a package containing a comdom:"I gotta get a box of d packs before my date tonight"

dogpack

a circle of friends; a clique

rat pack

a bum rush;"Like some pussy, or in fact, a bum rush, but we call it rat pack, on a nigga for nothing at all" -- N.W.A. (Gangsta, gangsta [1988])

keep pace with

maintain the same rate or speed as；not get behind与…并驾齐驱；不落后
I can't keep pace with her in mathematics．在数学上我比不过她。
We must keep pace with the times．我们必须跟上时代的步伐。
When we go for a walk，John has to take long steps to keep pace with us．当我们出去散步时，约翰必须迈大步才能跟上我们。
His mental development kept pace with the growth of his body．他的智力发展和他的体格发育齐头并进。

pace off

measure by paces or strides步测
If you want to know how far it is from the school to the post office，just pace it off．如果想知道从学校到邮局的距离，你步测一下就行了。
The engineer asked his assistant to pace out 40 metres．工程师叫助手用脚步测出40米来。

pace off/out

pace out

pack away

store sth．，as in a box存放（在盒子里等）
I'll try to find that old book，for it's been packed away for years．我要设法找到那本旧书，因为它存放在箱子里多年了。
Pack away your books，children．It's time for break．孩子们，把书收起来，课间休息时间到了。

pack in

1．stop停止；放弃
That noise is awful．Pack it in immediately！那嘈杂声太可怕了，赶快住手！
Why don't you pack it in？你为什么还不停止？
She didn't like her job at all and was thinking of packing it in．她一点也不喜欢她的工作，正打算辞掉呢。
2．push in把…塞入
They packed the people in as tightly as they could．他们尽量把人们推挤进去。
He packed all his clothes in after much trouble．他费好大劲才把所有衣服塞了进去。
3．attract large audiences to a theatre，concert，etc．吸引大批（听众或观众）
The new pop group is really packing in the teenagers．新的流行乐队确实吸引了大量的青少年。
The singer packed the crowds in．歌唱家吸引了大批听众。

pack off

send away；dismiss abruptly送走；突然解除
She always packs the children off to bed at about nine．她总是在9时左右打发孩子们上床睡觉。
She packed him off with a bottle of lemonade．她给了他一瓶柠檬，把他打发走了。

pack up

1．bundle包装；捆扎
Have you packed up your things？你的东西装好了没有？
2．get ready for a journey整理行装；准备出发
We must pack up and get ready to start．我们得整装待发了。
Let's pack up and spend a week in the countryside．咱们收拾东西到乡下去玩一个星期吧。
3．stop or abandon an activity停止工作
If you haven't learned how to drive after ten years， you may as well pack up．要是你10年后还不知道如何开车，那最好别开了。
We had worked hard all day，so at four we decided to pack up．我们苦干了一整天，所以下午4点钟就决定收工了。
4．cease to function（机器等）出故障
We had only just got the car out of the garage when the engine packed up．我们刚把车开出车库，引擎就出故障了。
My watch has just packed up．我的表刚停。
5．be dismissed被解雇
Helen was told by her boss to pack up．老板告诉海伦她被解雇了。

space out

place things apart from one another按一定间隔安排
Their four children were spaced out two years apart．他们家4个孩子之间都相差两岁。
The foresters spaced the seedlings out in rows．林务员把树苗一行行等距栽种。
Can I space out payments over five months？我可以分5个月偿还货款吗？

take up space

Idiom(s): take up space AND take up room

Theme: SPACE

to fill or occupy space. (Note the variations in the examples.)
• The piano is taking up too much room in our living room.
• John, you're not being any help at all. You're just taking up space.

spaced-out

Idiom(s): spaced-out

Theme: SILLINESS

dopey; giddy. (Slang.)
• I don't see how Sally can accomplish anything. She's so spaced-out!
• She's not really spaced-out. She acts that way on purpose.

send sb packing

Idiom(s): send sb packing

Theme: DISMISSAL - EJECT

to send someone away; to dismiss someone, possibly rudely.
• I couldn't stand him anymore, so I sent him packing.
• The maid proved to be so incompetent that I had to send her packing.

put sth through its paces

Idiom(s): put sth through its paces

Theme: PERFORMANCE

to demonstrate how well something operates; to demonstrate all the things something can do.
• I was down by the barn, watching Sally put her horse through its paces.
• This is an excellent can opener. Watch me put it through its paces.

put one through one's paces

Idiom(s): put one through one's paces

Theme: WORK

to make one demonstrate what one can do; to make one do one's job thoroughly.
• The boss really put me through my paces today. I'm tired.
• I tried out for a part in the play, and the director really put me through my paces.

packed in like sardines

Idiom(s): packed (in) like sardines

Theme: PROXIMITY

packed very tightly. (Many variations are possible, as in the examples.)
• It was terribly crowded there. We were packed in like sardines.
• The bus was full. The passengers were packed like sardines.
• They packed us in like sardines.

pack them in

Idiom(s): pack them in

Theme: PERFORMANCE

to draw a lot of people. (Informal.)
• It was a good night at the theater. The play really packed them in.
• The circus manager knew he could pack them in if he advertised the lion tamer.

pack a wallop

Idiom(s): pack a wallop AND pack a punch

Theme: STRENGTH

to provide a burst of energy, power, or excitement. (Informal.)
• Wow, this spicy food really packs a wallop.
• I put a special kind of gasoline in my car because I thought it would pack a punch. It didn't.

at a snail's pace

Idiom(s): at a snail's pace

Theme: SPEED

very slowly.
• When you watch a clock, time seems to move at a snail's pace.
• You always eat at a snail's pace. I'm tired of waiting for you.

Ahead of the pack

If you are ahead of the pack, you have made more progress than your rivals.

Gather pace

If events gather pace, they move faster.

Packed like sardines

If a place is extremely crowded, people are packed like sardines, or packed in like sardines.

change of pace|change|pace

n. phr. A quick change in what you are doing. John studied for three hours and then read a comic book for a change of pace. The doctor told the man he needed a change of pace.

keep pace|keep|pace

v. phr. To go as fast; go at the same rate; not get behind. When they go for a walk, Johnny has to take long steps to keep pace with his father. When Billy was moved to a more advanced class, he had to work hard to keep pace.
Compare: KEEP UP(2a).

outer space|outer|space

n. What is outside of the earth's air. An astronaut cannot live without oxygen when he goes into outer space.

pace-setter|pace|setter

n. John is the pace-setter of the class. -

pace-setting|pace|setting

adj. Bob's time in the cross-country race was pace-setting. The country is growing at a pace-setting rate.

pack a punch|pack|pack a wallop|punch|wallop

v. phr., slang 1. To be able to give a powerful blow; have a dangerous fist. He packed a mean punch. 2. To have a violent effect; be powerful. It was vodka, and it packed quite a wallop.

pack of lies|lie|lies|pack

n. phr. An unbelievable story; unprovable allegations. What Al told us about his new girlfriend was nothing but a pack of lies.

pack off|pack

v., informal To send away; dismiss abruptly. When an Englishman got in trouble long ago, his family would pack him off to Australia or some other distant land. Jane couldn't really get started on her homework until she had packed the children off to school.

pack one's bag|bag|pack

v. phr. To leave a place out of anger, annoyance, or disagreement. "This place is beginning to irritate me," she said to her friend. "I want to pack my bags and get out of here."

pack rat|pack|rat

n., informal A person who cannot part with old, useless objects; an avid collector of useless things; a junk hoarder. "Why are there so many things in this room?" John asked. "It is my brother's room, and he is a pack rat; he is unable to throw stuff away."

pack up|pack

v. phr. To pack one's suitcase for traveling; prepare a package. Without saying a single word, the unhappy husband packed up and left.

packed (in) like sardines|pack|packed|packed like

adj. phr. So tightly crowded that there is hardly room to turn. The trains are so full during rush hour that we must go to work packed in like sardines.

put one through one's paces|paces|put

v. phr. To train and discipline someone; test one's abilities. The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant.

More Idioms/Phrases

put on put on airs put on an act put on one's thinking cap put on the dog put on the map put one in the picture put one on a pedestal put one through one's paces put one wise put one's back to it put one's best foot forward put one's cards on the table put one's finger on put one's foot down put one's foot in it put one's hand to

English Vocalbulary

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