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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary drunk·en ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Old English druncen, from past participle of drincan to drink DATE before 12th century 1. drunk 1 a drunken driver 2. obsolete : saturated with liquid 3. a. given to habitual excessive use of alcohol b. of, relating to, or characterized by intoxication they come from…broken homes, drunken homes — P. B. Gilliam c. resulting from or as if from intoxication a drunken brawl 4. unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication • drunk·en·ly adverb English Etymology drunken pp. of drunk. Meaning "inebriated" was in O.E. druncena; meaning "habitually intoxicated" is from 1540s. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 drunken drunk·en / 5drQNkEn / adjective[only before noun] 1. drunk or often getting drunk 醉的；常醉的；酗酒的: a drunken driver 喝醉的司机 She was often beaten by her drunken husband. 她常常遭到酗酒丈夫的毒打。 2. showing the effects of too much alcohol; involving people who are drunk 酒醉引起的；醉汉的: He came home to find her in a drunken stupor. 他回到家里发现她处于酒后昏迷状态。 a drunken brawl 酗酒滋事 • drunk·en·ly adv.: He staggered drunkenly to his feet. 他醉醺醺地蹒跚着站起来。 • drunk·en·ness noun [U] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: INTOXICATED 1, ||boozy, drunk, inebriated, ||oiled, ||pie-eyed, ||spiflicated, ||stewed, tight, tipsyWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged drunk·en I. \-kən sometimes -kəŋ\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English druncen, from past participle of drincan to drink — more at drink 1. : drunk 1 < when he was drunken, he was vulgar and silly — Katherine A. Porter > < reeled like a drunken giant — H.G.Wells > 2. obsolete : saturated with liquid or moisture : drenched < let the earth be drunken with our blood — Shakespeare > 3. a. : given to habitual excessive use of alcoholic drinks < we can not afford to have poor people anyhow, whether they be lazy or busy, drunken or sober — G.B.Shaw > b. : of, relating to, attended by, or characterized by intoxication < they come from … broken homes, drunken homes — P.B.Gilliam > < a drunken cry > < not in a drunken triumph but with awe — S.T.Coleridge > c. : resulting from or as if from alcoholic intoxication < drunken stupor > < the diver is subject to wild, drunken delusions — Rachel L. Carson > 4. : unsteady or lurching as if from alcoholic intoxication < insects which have walked on films of DDT soon begin to stagger in a drunken manner — Atlantic Monthly > 5. : drunk 2 < still drunken with hope and despair — Eve Langley > 6. of a screw thread : having inequalities of pitch : wobbly Synonyms: see drunk II. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) obsolete : to become drunk III. adjective : marinated, cooked, or soaked in beer or wine or in a mixture containing such a beverage < drunken chicken > |
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