drunken
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++drunk·en /ˈdrʌŋkən/ adjective [only before noun] 1 MIDRUNKdrunk or showing that you are drunk 酒醉的，有醉态的 He was a drunken bully. 他是个喝醉酒的恶霸。 She was lying in a drunken stupor (=nearly unconscious from being drunk) on the sidewalk. 她醉得神志不清，躺在人行道上。2 drunken party/orgy/brawl etc DLDRUNKa party etc where people are drunk 纵酒派对/狂欢/闹事等 Tom got into a drunken brawl (=fight) in a bar. 汤姆在酒吧里酒后闹事了。 —drunkenly adverb —drunkenness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpus
drunken• There was a new intensity to his drinking and his drunken anger.• Many of their beer parties ended in a drunken brawl.• Did you know he'd been convicted of drunken driving?• Ham dishonours his drunken father, and Noah curses him through his descendants.• Just routine, Peter, but we don't want that drunken fool getting into mischief.• The sister stood back, and the groom, followed by his drunken friends and hangers-on, pushed on into the courtyard.• I thought you might be a Windmill girl ... come to blackmail me about some drunken indiscretion of mine.• His drunken night, and morning.• The two met at a drunken party in college.• He hit her in a drunken rage.• A couple of drunken sailors were arguing with a policeman outside the bar.• The place was full of noise and drunken shouting.• The son of a drunken soldier lived for six years with his grandmother in one room.• We found him lying by the roadside in a drunken stupor.• A drunken teenager was arrested for vandalism.in a drunken stupor• At last a lone figure staggered out, singing raucously as he swaggered in a drunken stupor.• May as well go to bed in a drunken stupor after dinner, same as the rest of them.• They left him slumped in a drunken stupor against the church wall.• The monster fell asleep in a drunken stupor and Susa-no-wo then cut it to pieces and settled down with the maiden.• It was definitely not a night to let a friend wander around in a drunken stupor searching for his car.drunk·en adjectiveChineseSyllable
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drunken
drunk‧en /ˈdrʌŋkən/
adjective [only before noun]
He was a drunken bully.
She was lying in a drunken stupor (=nearly unconscious from being drunk) on the sidewalk.
2. drunken party/orgy/brawl etc a party etc where people are drunk:
Tom got into a drunken brawl (=fight) in a bar.
—drunkenly adverb
—drunkenness noun [uncountable]
▪ 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).
drunk‧en /ˈdrʌŋkən/
adjective [only before noun] Word Family: noun: drink, drinker, drinking, drunk, drunkenness; adjective: drunk, drunken; verb: drink; adverb: drunkenly
1. drunk or showing that you are drunk: 2. drunken party/orgy/brawl etc a party etc where people are drunk:
—drunkenly adverb
—drunkenness noun [uncountable]
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