Significato: action-packed

pieno d'azione, dinamico, eccitante

pack Idioma

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.

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.

send someone packing

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

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])

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。

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.

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.

Ahead of the pack

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

Packed like sardines

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

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.

send one packing|packing|send

v. phr. To fire someone summarily. When the boss caught Smith stealing from the cash register, he sent him packing.
Compare: SEND ONE ABOUT ONE'S BUSINESS.

care package

care package
A gift package of food or other items not readily available to the recipient, as in While I was in college, Mom sent me a care package of homemade cookies just about every month. This term originated after World War II with CARE, an organization founded to send needed food, clothing, and other items to war-torn nations. By the 1960s the term had been transferred to sending packages of treats to children at camp, students away at school, and the like.

Joe Six-pack

Joe Six-pack
A lower-middle-class male. For example, I don't think opera will appeal to Joe Six-pack; he'd prefer a rock concert. This disparaging term, first recorded in 1977, conjures up the image of a man in undershirt and construction helmet who will down all of a six-pack (six cans or bottles of beer sold in a package) in an evening.

pack

pack
In addition to the idioms beginning with pack, also see Joe Six-pack; send someone about his or her business.
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