paralytic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++par·a·lyt·ic1 /ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk◂/ adjective 1. [not before noun] British English informalDFDDRUNK very drunk 酩酊大醉的2. [only before noun]MI suffering from paralysis 瘫痪的；麻痹的 —paralytically /-kli/ adverb
Examples from the Corpus
paralytic• Before it was over, 204 so-called vaccine-associated cases occurred, about three-fourths of which were paralytic.• The men used to go paralytic and put windows in.• Shortly afterwards a serious paralytic illness, from which he never fully recovered, forced his retirement from active public life.• Almost as if, having proclaimed himself paralytic in court, he was setting about proving it over and over again.• The vaccine brought a drastic drop-80 percent-in paralytic polio cases by 1957.• Approximately 2 to 5 percent of children and up to 30 percent of adults with paralytic polio die.• Learning how few people actually had paralytic polio offered no comfort to me.• Difficulty swallowing from the pain and paralytic weakness.paralytic2 noun [countable] old-fashioned MINOT DO somethingsomeone who is paralysed 瘫痪病人；麻痹症患者Examples from the Corpus
paralytic• Shy and reserved around men, he was a paralytic near women.par·a·lyt·ic1 adjectiveparalytic2 nounChineseSyllable
drunk very Corpus
paralytic
par‧a‧lyt‧ic1 /ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk◂/ 
adjective
1. [not before noun] British English informal very drunk
2. [only before noun] suffering from paralysis
—paralytically /-kli/ adverb
▪ 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).
paralytic2 noun [countable] old-fashioned
someone who is paralysed
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adjective1. [not before noun] British English informal very drunk
2. [only before noun] suffering from paralysis
—paralytically /-kli/ adverb
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noun [countable] old-fashionedsomeone who is paralysed