alcoholic

adjective
🔊/ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk/
🔊/ˌælkəˈhɑːlɪk/
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  1. connected with or containing alcohol酒精的;含酒精的
    • alcoholic drinks/beverages含酒精的饮料
    • The fruit juice tasted slightly alcoholic.果汁略带酒精味。
    opposite non-alcoholic see also soft drinkTopics Drinksb1
  2. caused by drinking alcohol饮酒引起的
    • The guests left in an alcoholic haze.客人们醉醺醺地离去了。🔊🔊
  3. regularly drinking too much alcohol and unable to stop easily, so that it has become an illness酒精中毒者;嗜酒如命者;酒鬼
    • his alcoholic daughter他的酒鬼女儿
    Topics Social issuesb1, Illnessb1

alcoholic

noun
🔊/ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk/
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  1. a person who regularly drinks too much alcohol and cannot easily stop drinking, so that it has become an illness酒精中毒者;嗜酒如命者;酒鬼
    • Howe was turning into an alcoholic because of the stress of his job.豪因为工作压力而开始酗酒。
    • I don’t think an alcoholic can dry out without proper medical help.我认为没有适当的药物帮助,酗酒者戒不了酒。
    see also lushTopics Social issuesc1, Illnessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chronic
    • raging
    • recovering
    verb + alcoholic
    • become
    alcoholic + verb
    • recover
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