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Meaning Sense Recorded 7893.Alcoholic 英 ælkə'Hɒlɪk]美 ælkə'Hɔlɪk 释义

正面 7893.alcoholic
英 [ælkə'hɒlɪk]美 [,ælkə'hɔlɪk]

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释义:
adj. 酒精的,含酒精的n. 酒鬼,酗酒者
例句:
1. He showed great courage by admitting that he is an alcoholic.他以极大的勇气承认自己酗酒。

1. f- (谐音“飞”) + lake => 湖中飞雪、湖中飘雪、西湖飞雪,这是多么美的一幅场景、花卷啊 => 雪片、薄片。2. flag, flaw, floe => flake.3. flag <====> flake.

alcoholic (adj.)1790, "of or pertaining to alcohol;" see alcohol + -ic. Meaning "caused by drunkenness" is attested by 1872; meaning "habitually drunk" by 1910. Noun sense of "one who is addicted to drinking in excess, chronic drunkard, old rounder" is recorded from 1891; earlier alcoholist (1888). Alcoholics Anonymous founded 1935 in Akron, Ohio, U.S. Alky is first recorded 1844 as a slang shortening of "alcoholic liquor;" 1960 in the sense of "a drunkard.""

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