pack

/pæk/

Thân thiện

A hiker carries a heavy pack up a mountain trail.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A bundle of items wrapped or tied together for carrying, especially on the back.
   • A group of wild animals, especially those that hunt together.
   • A group of people, often with negative connotations of being troublesome or having a common purpose.
   • A small container or parcel holding a specific number or type of items.
   • A complete set of similar items.
   • A large, indefinite number of things or people.
   • A sheet or blanket, often wet, used to wrap around the body for therapeutic purposes.
   • A cream applied to the skin for cleansing or treatment.

2. Verb:

   • To put items into a container, such as a bag or box, for storage or transport.
   • To fill a space tightly with people or things.
   • To press or compress something into a dense mass or small space.
   • To carry something, especially on one's person or back.
   • To treat a body part by wrapping it with therapeutic materials.
   • To load with a burden.
   • To seal a joint or opening by filling it with material.
   • To arrange for a group or committee to be filled with one's supporters to influence an outcome.

Examples

• Noun:

  • He carried a heavy pack on his hiking trip.
  • A pack of wolves was spotted near the forest edge.
  • The children told a pack of lies about the broken window.
  • She bought a pack of gum from the store.
  • The nurse applied a cold pack to the patient's forehead.

• Verb:

  • I need to pack my suitcase for the vacation.
  • The stadium was packed with enthusiastic fans.
  • Pack the soil firmly around the plant's roots.
  • Does he pack a weapon for his security job?
  • The jury was packed to ensure a favorable verdict.

Advanced Usage

• "pack a punch": To have a powerful effect or impact.
  • That small engine really packs a punch.
• "pack it in": To stop doing something; to quit.
  • After years of hard work, he decided to pack it in and retire.
• "pack heat": (Slang) To carry a gun.
  • The character in the film was known to pack heat.

Variants and Related Words

• Package (n/v): A wrapped or boxed object; to place into a package.
• Packet (n): A small package or bundle.
• Packing (n): The material used to protect goods in a package; the act of filling a container.
• Backpack (n/v): A bag carried on the back; to hike with such a bag.
• Packable (adj): Capable of being compacted or packed easily.
• Repack (v): To pack again.

Synonyms

• Noun: Bundle, parcel, group, herd, gang, load.
• Verb: Fill, cram, load, stow, compress, wrap.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Pack away: To put something into storage.
  • She packed away the winter clothes for the summer.
• Pack in: To attract large crowds; to stop an activity.
  • The new show is packing in the audiences every night.
• Pack off: To send someone away, often quickly.
  • They packed the kids off to summer camp.
• Pack up: To put things into containers, ending an activity; (of a machine) to stop working.
  • It's time to pack up and go home. The computer has packed up again.

Related Idioms

• Send someone packing: To dismiss or send someone away abruptly.
  • After the argument, his boss sent him packing.
• A pack of lies: A series of statements that are completely false.
  • His alibi turned out to be a pack of lies.
• Pack a wallop: To be very powerful or effective.
  • This chili sauce really packs a wallop.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
2. a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
3. a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
4. a group of hunting animals
5. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
6. an association of criminals
   • police tried to break up the gang
   • a pack of thieves
7. a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
8. a complete collection of similar things
9. a large indefinite number
   • a battalion of ants
   • a multitude of TV antennas
   • a plurality of religions

Verb

1. treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
   • The nurse packed gauze in the wound
   • You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice
2. load with a pack
3. have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
   • This powder compacts easily
   • Such odd-shaped items do not pack well
4. seal with packing
   • pack the faucet
5. press down tightly
   • tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso
6. hike with a backpack
   • Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies
7. press tightly together or cram
   • The crowd packed the auditorium
8. have with oneself; have on one's person
   • She always takes an umbrella
   • I always carry money
   • She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains
9. set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
   • pack a jury
10. carry, as on one's back
    • Pack your tents to the top of the mountain
11. compress into a wad
    • wad paper into the box
12. fill to capacity
    • This singer always packs the concert halls
    • The murder trial packed the court house
13. arrange in a container
    • pack the books into the boxes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• face pack
• clique
• coterie
• ingroup
• inner circle
• camp
• gang
• ring
• mob
• battalion
• large number
• multitude
• plurality
• load down
• compact
• tamp down
• tamp
• backpack
• throng
• pile
• jam
• carry
• take
• bundle
• wad