1MIDRUNKsomeone who regularly drinksalcohol 经常喝酒的人;酗酒者,酒徒
Dave has always been a bit of a drinker.
戴夫一直是个小酒鬼。
He was a heavy drinker (=he drank a lot).
他是个大酒鬼。
2.coffee/wine/champagne etc drinkerDFDsomeone who regularly drinks coffee, wine etc 常喝咖啡/葡萄酒/香槟等的人
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coffee/wine/champagne etc drinker• Keep the computer in a clean, vibration-free place away from smokers and coffee drinkers.• Such findingssuggest that famouscoffee drinkers such as Bach and Kant may have derived little help from their caffeinehabits.• The increased healing rate in wine drinkers is consistent with other reports that moderatealcoholintake may be harmless or beneficial.• However, more wine drinkers are consuming Pinot Noir these days, and the biggest reason is sheerpleasure.• A table of coffee drinkers in a Colorado cafe.• If you are a regularcoffee drinker, the aroma of freshly brewed coffee really does set the tastebuds tingling.• Good news for the champagne drinker?• Founded in 1900, Beaulieu Vineyard is trying to lure younger wine drinkers.
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drinker• He had the watery eyes and swollennose of a drinker.• Coffeedrinkers, have an excuse at last!• To bring the same advantages to earthbounddrinkers, Daedalus is inventing a low-pressurepub.• He quickly earned the reputation as a hard drinker and hell-raiser.• In his youth Tom had been a heavydrinker.• But he was not, as Stonecontends, a heavy drinker in earlier years.• Paul and Jane were both heavy drinkers and spent most of their time in the local bar.• Although she's a very messydrinker.• He becomes a Pepsi drinker for life.• The vault bar seats approximately 55 persons and is more attractive to the younger drinkers because of its atmosphere and prices.
heavy drinker• Two of three women with adenocarcinoma had accumulated more than 45 pack years each and one was also a heavy drinker.• Her husband was apparently a heavy drinker, and their marriage was deeply unhappy.• Greg's always been a heavy drinker.• In his youth Tom had been a heavy drinker.• Many damagingconsequences can result from being a heavy drinker but alcoholism does not come simply from drinking too much.• But he was not, as Stone contends, a heavy drinker in earlier years.• Hispanics are more often heavy drinkers than whites or blacks.• I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any briefspell of abstinence.• It was crowded with heavy drinkers.
ADJECTIVE➤binge, hard, heavy酗酒者;飲酒成癮的人;酒癮很大的人◇This liver condition is common in heavy drinkers.這種肝病常見於酗酒者。➤light, moderate輕度/適度飲酒者➤habitual, regular習慣性/經常飲酒者➤problem問題飲酒者◇help for the families and friends of problem drinkers為問題酒徒的家人和朋友提供的幫助➤underage未成年飲酒者◇She claimed advertisers were targeting underage drinkers.她聲稱廣告商以未成年飲酒者為目標。➤social在社交場合飲酒者◇She is a social drinker only-she never drinks at home.她只在應酬時飲酒 - 在家裏從不喝酒。➤beer, coffee, tea, etc.習慣喝啤酒、咖啡、茶等的人◇I'm not a big tea drinker.我喝茶不多。