swig
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++swig /swɪɡ/ verb (swigged, swigging) [transitive] informalDFDDRINK to drink something in large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle 〔尤指对着瓶口〕大口喝 SYN gulp He sat swigging beer and smoking. 他坐着，一边大口喝啤酒一边抽烟。► see thesaurus at drink —swig noun [countable] She took a long swig of Coke. 她喝了一大口可乐。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
swig• I drive back to the hotel with Lucker swigging at a litre bottle of vodka beside me.• Ratagan swigged at his beer and swallowed gratefully.• Mrs Morgan is caught shoplifting and starts swigging back pills with glasses of wine.• But I ain't going into no detox clinic, swigging bloody methadone.• He uncorked one of the bottles on the altar and swigged from it.• The old man wandered along, swigging occasionally from a whiskey bottle.• Sitting on my unused bed, swigging room service orange juice, I switch on the Rosenbloom show.• So I doubt if our hero would have been good for many heroics after swigging that.• Jack swigged the last of his coffee and left.• Fogarty finished his double rye and Jack swigged the last of his coffee royal, and they went out the back door.• Jack swigged the last of his tea and got up to leave.• The soldiers took it in turns to swig vodka.took ... swig• He reached around for the beer, found it, and took a long swig.• I picked up the bottle beside me and took another long swig.• Hall winked and took a healthy swig from his canteen cup.• He took a swig of beer waved the bottle once or twice to watch the foam rise, and began to speak.• Elinor took another swig of sherry and Henry arranged wine glasses at each place.• Without thinking what she was doing, she reached for her glass and took a swig of the bitter Cynar.• He stopped, took a swig of the dead champagne.• He took a long swig, put the glass down and wiped his mis-shaven upper lip contentedly.swig verbChinese
in drink to from Corpus something mouthfuls, large especially
swig
swig /swɪɡ/
verb (past tense and past participle swigged, present participle swigging) [transitive]
informal to drink something in large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle
SYN gulp:
He sat swigging beer and smoking.
—swig noun [countable]:
She took a long swig of Coke.
▪ sip (also take a sip ) to drink something very slowly
▪slurp informal to drink something in a noisy way
▪gulp something down (also down something ) to drink all of something very quickly
▪knock something back informal to drink all of an alcoholic drink very quickly
▪swig (also take/have a swig ) informal to drink something quickly with large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle
▪swallow to make food or drink go down your throat and towards your stomach: She swallowed the bitter medicine instead of spitting it out.
swig /swɪɡ/
verb (past tense and past participle swigged, present participle swigging) [transitive]informal to drink something in large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle
SYN gulp:
—swig noun [countable]:
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