drink1 /drɪŋk/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tensepst drank /dræŋk/, past participlepp drunk /drʌŋk/) 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DFD to take liquid into your mouth and swallow it 喝,饮 You should drink plenty of water. 你应该大量喝水。
What would you like to drink? 你想喝点什么?
Take a seat while I get you something to drink. 请坐,我去给你倒杯喝的。
She filled the glass and drank. 她把杯子倒满后喝了起来。
2 [intransitiveI]DFDDRUNK to drink alcohol, especially regularly or too much 〔经常〕喝酒;酗酒,纵酒 He’s been drinking heavily since his wife died. 妻子死后,他一直酗酒。
Don’t drink and drive. 不要酒后驾车。
My flatmate Cherry drinks like a fish (=regularly drinks a lot of alcohol). 和我同住公寓套间的彻丽经常豪饮。
3 drink yourself silly/into a stupor/to death etc to drink so much alcohol that you become very drunk or unconscious, or die 喝得晕头转向/酩酊大醉/死掉等 If he goes on this way he’ll drink himself to death. 照他这样喝下去会送命的。
4 drink somebody under the table to drink more alcohol than someone but not feel as ill as them 把某人喝趴下 He could drink nearly anyone under the table. 他几乎可以把任何人喝趴下。
drink somebody under the table• He was 24, highly intelligent, could drink Malc under the table and had a dry, lightning wit. 5. What are you drinking? spokenDFD used to offer to buy someone a drink, especially in a pub 你想喝点什么?〔尤在酒馆里给人买酒时说的话〕 6. drink somebody’s health British EnglishBrE to wish someone good health before having an alcoholic drink 为某人的健康喝一杯 7 drink something ↔ in phrasal verbphr v ATTENTIONto look at, listen to, feel, or smell something in order to enjoy it 享受地看[听,感觉,嗅],品味 She just sat there, drinking in the atmosphere. 她只是坐在那里,细细地感受那种氛围。
drink in• Any normal man would find it a pleasure just to sit still and look at her, drinking her in.• But not all women benefit from moderate drinking.• Or Pavitra, who drinks contaminated water in her Delhi slum.• Man, every time I drink too early in the day, I get fucked up.• Was it any wonder I resorted to the drinks cabinet in the director's Portakabin?• Romans drink cappuccino only in the morning.• The lack of drinking water in the state is expected to force further sell-offs this summer. 8 drink to something phrasal verbphr v a) DFDCELEBRATEto wish someone success, good luck, good health etc before having an alcoholic drink 为〔某人的成功、好运、健康等〕祝酒[干杯] Let’s drink to your success in your new job. 让我们为你在新的工作中取得成功而干杯。
b) I’ll drink to that! spokenAGREE used to agree with what someone has said 我同意!我赞成!〔用于表示赞同某人的话〕 9 drink up phrasal verbphr v DFDto drink all of something 喝光,喝干drink something ↔ up Drink up your milk. 把牛奶都喝了。
drink up• Come on, drink your milk up.• And it makes a map you want to stare at and drink up.• Now, go on, drink up.• First, he told Simpleton to find a man who could drink up a whole cellar full of wine.• They drank up and began to walk out.• She drank up her brandy and signalled to the waiter to bring another.• But he had drunk up her feeling with her blood.• Come on, drink up. I want to go home.• So come and see me, drink up my Duty Free.• So drink up, then get your coat.• Inside they are drinking up: two hundred and fifty black fellers nursing their last long drinks. THESAURUSsip (also take a sip) to drink something very slowly 啜,呷
slurp informal to drink something in a noisy way 出声地喝 gulp something down (also down something) to drink all of something very quickly 把某物一饮而尽
knock something back informal to drink all of an alcoholic drink very quickly 一口喝下某种酒 swig (also take/have a swig) informal to drink something quickly with large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle 〔尤指从瓶子里〕大口地喝 swallow to make food or drink go down your throat and towards your stomach 吞;咽She swallowed the bitter medicine instead of spitting it out. 她把苦药咽了下去,没吐出来。
something to drink• Can I get you something to drink?• The ladies were thirsty and wanted something to drink.• Um, I want something to drink.• Do you want something to drink?• I'm really thirsty. Let's stop for something to drink.• Can I bring you something to drink?• I gave them all pencils and a scratch pad and something to drink.• Maybe the ant would bring him something to drink.• Singing loudly he entered the living-room and called for his wife to bring him something to drink.• Some guy with a Cliffside jacket asks me if I want something to drink.• She should have got something to drink while she waited for the chemist but she hadn't thought of it then. drinks like a fish• Luke drinks like a fish.