tuck inverb詞源 1

• 1

  To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed.

  • She tucked in her young son and turned out the light.
• 2

  To pull the blankets or duvet up over oneself; to get in bed.

  • Life on the island feels great! When the sun rises, I wakey-wakey, and when it sets, I tuck in fer snoozer-time! Perfect fer a simple bloke like me, right?
  • Always my man, always. Have a peaceful night when you tuck in.
• 3

  To push (the fabric at the bottom of a shirt) under the pants.

• 4

  businessfinanceTo acquire something tiny

• 5

  ball-gamesgameshobbiesTo score from with a casual motion

  • And although Steven Fletcher cut the deficit for Wolves, tucking in Stephen Hunt's cross, the home side held on.
• 6

  To place in a small space.

  • "Tuck it in that corner."
  • Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room).

tuck inverb詞源 2

• 1

  To eat heartily.

  • Tuck in, before the food goes cold.
  • Still, he tucked in handsomely to bacon and tomato on fried bread, felicitating himself on the considered wisdom of his arrival in the character of guest to Bradly.