pack

Definitions

pack is the Germanic root standing alone, from pak ('a bundle'). The one image — things pressed tightly together — runs through every sense: as a verb you press your belongings into a case (pack a bag) or people press into a room (pack the hall); as a noun it is either the bundle itself (a pack of cards) or a tight group bound together (a pack of wolves).

Why It Means This

Every sense of pack returns to one bundle. Squeeze clothes into a case → pack for a trip. Squeeze people into a venue → the show packed the stadium. The noun is the bundle that results — a pack of gum, a six-pack — or, by extension, a cluster that moves as one tight unit, like a pack of dogs. Whether it is objects, crowds, or animals, the feeling is the same: pressed together into one.

Common Collocations

• 1.pack your bags收拾行李
• 2.pack light轻装出行
• 3.pack a punch威力十足
• 4.a pack of cards一副牌
• 5.packed house满座

Example Sentences

• 1.

  I still need to pack my bags before the early flight tomorrow.

• 2.

  Fans packed the stadium hours before the concert began.

• 3.

  She bought a pack of cards and taught us a new game.

• 4.

  A pack of wolves was spotted near the edge of the forest.

Easily Confused

pack vs wrap — both put something into covering, but pack means to fit things tightly into a container (pack a suitcase), while wrap means to fold material around something's outside (wrap a gift). You pack a box but wrap the present that goes inside it.