legless

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++leg·less /ˈleɡləs/ adjective  1. DRUNK[not before noun] British English informal very drunk 烂醉如泥的2. without legs 无腿的

Examples from the Corpus

legless• We ran out of crisps and conversation and were growing increasingly legless and puzzled.• A legless beggar pulled himself along through the slush on wooden slats.• Mr Ridley appeared against the surreal backdrop of a vast headless, legless belly floating over his shoulder from the bench behind.• They were barely humanoid, with bodies that dwindled from wide torsos to legless, conical abdomens.• The shadow his mind made legless lurched against the wall, glass raised.• Watch a legless man in a wheelchair completing the London Marathon and we cry, or at least I do.• I was more than once surprised to see men going into those rooms, paying visits to the legless men.• They'd gone from legless to stone cold sober in nothing flat.

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legless
leg‧less /ˈleɡləs/ adjective
1. [not before noun] British English informal very drunk
2. without legs
     

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).

leg·lessBrE /ˈleɡləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈleɡləs/ 🔊 adjectivewithout legs 无腿的(BrE, informal) very drunk 醉醺醺的；烂醉如泥的