| 单词 | sober |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['səubə] |
| 解释 | a.清醒的；庄重的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.清醒的(sedate or thoughtful)；庄重的(showing no excessive emotion, or prejudice) 【考】 反义词：puckish(淘 气的) 【例】 a man of sober judgement |
| 字源 | sober (v.) late 14c., "reduce to a quiet condition" (transitive), from sober (adj.). Meaning "render grave or serious" is from 1726. Intransitive sense of "become sober" (since 1847 often with up) is from 1820. Related: Sobered; sobering. sober (adj.) mid-14c., "moderate in desires or actions, temperate, restrained," especially "abstaining from strong drink," also "calm, quiet, not overcome by emotion," from Old French sobre "decent; sober" (12c.), from Latin sobrius "not drunk, temperate, moderate, sensible," from a variant of se- "without" (see se-) + ebrius "drunk," of unknown origin. Meaning "not drunk at the moment" is from late 14c.; also "appropriately solemn, serious, not giddy." Related: Soberly; soberness. Sobersides "sedate, serious-minded person" is recorded from 1705. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. (在酒精或药品方面)有节制的 = temperate, 清醒的; (行为、性格)严肃庄重的 【记】读: 骚吧－风骚的女人不会有节制和严肃的举止. 【反】puckish(adj 淘气的; 恶作剧的); frivolous(adj 轻佻的); |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】sob 哭泣 + er 哭泣者实际上是清醒的 【相关】sob..哭泣，呜咽 (音：臊吧，害臊吧，说完这话女学生就哭了；absorb是吸收，海绵absorbwater，吸收absorb sob 出泪水) |
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