drunk

Word family  noun drink drinker drinking drunk drunkenness adjective drunk drunken verb drink adverb drunkenly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++drunk1 /drʌŋk/ verb  x-refthe past participle of drink drink的过去分词

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drunk2 ●●○ S3 adjective  1  [not before noun]MIDRUNK unable to control your behaviour, speech etc because you have drunk too much alcohol 喝醉的 OPP sober You’re drunk. 你喝醉了。 David would get drunk and I would have to take him home and put him to bed. 戴维常会喝醉，我就得把他弄回家放到床上。drunk on He was drunk on beer and whisky. 他喝啤酒和威士忌喝醉了。blind drunk British English (=very drunk) 烂醉如泥 All she wants to do is get blind drunk. 她只想把自己灌个烂醉。drunk as a lord (also drunk as a skunk) (=very drunk) 烂醉如泥 He turned up one morning, drunk as a lord. 一天早上他出现了，喝得酩酊大醉。2. being drunk and disorderly SCCDRUNK law the crime of behaving in a violent noisy way in a public place when you are drunk 酒后滋事罪3  drunk on/with something POWERso excited by a feeling that you behave in a strange way 因某事兴奋得忘乎所以 drunk with happiness 幸福得飘飘然n THESAURUSdrunk [not usually before noun] having drunk too much alcohol so that your behaviour and mental processes are affectedGary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night.I just hope they don’t get drunk and start fighting.drunk drivingThe police are going to crack down on drunk drivers.tipsy/merry [not before noun] slightly drunkAfter the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.pissed [not usually before noun] British English informal not polite drunk – this word is very common in spoken British English, but it is not politeDon’t listen to him – he’s pissed.intoxicated [not before noun] formal drunkHe was arrested for driving while intoxicated.paralytic/legless [not before noun] British English informal extremely drunkDon’t give Dave any more to drink -- he’s already legless.They became totally paralytic and abusive.drunken [only before noun] especially written used to describe someone who is drunk or their behaviour. Drunken is mainly used in written English and is always used before a noun. Don’t say ‘he is drunken’. Say he is drunkA drunken man was found lying outside a shop door.We found him lying by the roadside in a drunken stupor (=almost unconscious as a result of being drunk). → punch-drunk, → roaring drunk at roaring(5)

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drunk• He gets in fights when he's drunk.• I just hope they don't get too drunk and start fighting.• Many artistes got drunk before they faced the ordeal on stage.• Okay, so I was looking for a politically active, fat, drunk kleptomaniac.• She was so drunk she could hardly stand up.• Gary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night.• He wondered if the whole Rorim were drunk tonight.• But he had been coming home drunk too often and now she was determined to let him know her feeling about it.• No woman should be treated in a certain way simply because she was drunk when she suffered an assault.drunk as a skunk• Michael's drunk as a skunk.

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drunk3 (also drunkard /ˈdrʌŋkəd $ -ərd/) noun [countable]  MIDRUNKsomeone who is drunk or often gets drunk 醉鬼，酒鬼 → alcoholic

Examples from the Corpus

drunk• Drunks are heaped on drunks like spawning newts.• He knew that this tunnel-like place was shunned by tramps and feared even by drunks and peg-sellers.• What it did was to take in drunks and sinful women, and not do anything about making them repent.• A couple of drunks were passed out on the sidewalk.• I don't like to take the bus at night. It's full of drunks and crazy people.• Every night, the drunks come in.

drunk1 verbdrunk2 adjective →n THESAURUS1drunk3 nounLDOCE OnlineChinese  

the Corpus participle drink past of

drunk

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drunk¹ /drʌŋk/
the past participle of drink
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ drunk [not usually before noun] having drunk too much alcohol so that your behaviour and mental processes are affected: Gary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night. | I just hope they don’t get drunk and start fighting. | drunk driving | The police are going to crack down on drunk drivers.
   ▪ tipsy/merry [not before noun] slightly drunk: After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.
   ▪ pissed [not usually before noun] British English informal drunk – this word is very common in spoken British English, but it is not polite: Don’t listen to him – he’s pissed.
   ▪ intoxicated [not before noun] formal drunk: He was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
   ▪ paralytic/legless [not before noun] British English informal extremely drunk: Don’t give Dave any more to drink -- he’s already legless. | They became totally paralytic and abusive.
   ▪ drunken [only before noun] especially written used to describe someone who is drunk or their behaviour. Drunken is mainly used in written English and is always used before a noun. Don’t say ‘he is drunken’. Say he is drunk: A drunken man was found lying outside a shop door. | We found him lying by the roadside in a drunken stupor (=almost unconscious as a result of being drunk).

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drunk² S3 adjective1. [not before noun] unable to control your behaviour, speech etc because you have drunk too much alcohol
   OPP  sober:
    You’re drunk.
    David would get drunk and I would have to take him home and put him to bed.
    drunk on
    He was drunk on beer and whisky.
    blind drunk British English (=very drunk)
    All she wants to do is get blind drunk.
    drunk as a lord (also drunk as a skunk) (=very drunk)
    He turned up one morning, drunk as a lord.
2. being drunk and disorderly law the crime of behaving in a violent noisy way in a public place when you are drunk
3. drunk on/with something so excited by a feeling that you behave in a strange way:
    drunk with happiness
⇨ punch-drunk, ⇨ roaring drunk at roaring(5)

III

drunk³ (also drunk‧ard /ˈdrʌŋkəd $ -ərd/) noun [countable]someone who is drunk or often gets drunk ⇨ alcoholic