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分类词汇 | “drunk”的同义词

• June 13, 2021 • 翻译·译事随笔

1.loaded

英英释义:

【very informal 】extremely drunk.

例句:

It's manifest that he was completely loaded at that time.

注:manifest: adj.明显的,显而易见的

英剧《公关》也出现了这个表达:

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拓展:

关于“loaded”,之前提过一个表达:a loaded question/word (问题或词语)哄骗性的,意味深长的,另有所指的【A loaded question or word has more meaning or purpose than it appears to have, because the person who uses it hopes it will cause people to respond in a particular way.】

举个例子:

Mary asked if I have a thing for Mike, I guess it was a loaded question , so I didn't answer her.

玛丽问我是不是喜欢迈克,我觉得那是一个哄骗性的问题,所以我没有回答她。


2.three sheets to the wind

酩酊大醉

英英释义:

If you are three sheets to the wind, you have had way too much alcohol to drink.

例句:

Grandpa's three sheets to the wind and won't stop.

拓展:

短语历史:

在过去,船上都有三条绳索,主索main sheet(控制主帆mainsail),上风帆素(windward sheet)和下风帆素(leeward sheet)。因此当一条船上三条控制船帆的绳索都飘在风中时,船便失去控制,在海面上摇摆,进而用来形容人喝得大醉,站立不稳。


3. legless

adj.烂醉如泥的

英英释义:

If you say that someone is legless, you mean that they are extremely drunk.

例句:

They found the locals getting legless on tequila.

他们发现当地人喝龙舌兰喝得酩酊大醉。


4.On the fritz

喝醉

英英释义:

If you are on the fritz, you have had way too much alcohol to drink.

例句:

She drank till she was totally on the fritz.

她喝酒了,一直喝到酩酊大醉。

拓展:

这个短语除了能表达“喝醉”的意思外,还可以表示“出故障”【Not working correctly; acting strangely; malfunctioning.】

举个栗子:

The telephone is on the fritz.

电话机坏了。


5.fuddled

adj.稀里糊涂的;迷迷糊糊的;昏醉的

音标:

/fʌdld/

英英释义:

Someone who is fuddled cannot think clearly, for example because they are very tired or slightly drunk.

例句:

Fuddled by brandy, her brain fumbled over the events of the night.

白兰地让她脑子昏昏沉沉的,记不清楚晚上发生的事了。


6. bumped

英英释义:

If you are bumped, you are drunk becuse of drinking too much alcohol.

例句:

It's barmy to drink so much alcohol at the ball for you were totally bumped at that night.


7.inebriated

adj.喝醉的

音标:

/ɪ'niːbrɪeɪtɪd/

英英释义:

Someone who is inebriated has drunk too much alcohol.

例句:

Scott was obviously inebriated by the time the dessert was served.

到了上甜点的时候,斯科特显然已经喝醉了。


8. tight

adj.喝醉;醉醺醺

熟词生义

英英释义:

[not usually before noun] (old-fashioned, informal) drunk.

拓展:

关于这个释义的例句较少,考频也较低,大家只需要记得就好~

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