bottle it

短语

词形变化

bottled it bottles it 三单 bottles it bottling it bottling it 现在分词 bottled it 过去式 bottled it 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To fail in an embarrassing way in a crucial situation, especially due to nerves.

    英国 非正式 俚语 体育
  2. 2.

    To suppress an action or expression, especially when due to lack of courage.

    英国 非正式 俚语
  3. 3.

    To lose one's nerve.

    英国 非正式 俚语
  4. 4.

    To run away, especially when due to lack of courage.

    英国 非正式 俚语

词源

From Cockney rhyming slang bottle and glass, originally meaning arse. lose one's nerve was vulgarly lose one's arse, euphemised to lose one's bottle, clipped to bottle and subsequently given a dummy pronoun. See bottle.

来源：wiktionary