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teetotal adj. 滴酒不沾的 teetotal (v.) "pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink," 1834, possibly formed from total (adj.) with a reduplication of the initial T- for emphasis (T-totally "totally," though not in an abstinence sense, is recorded in Kentucky dialect from 1832 and is possibly older in Irish-English).The use in temperance jargon was first noted September 1833 in a speech advocating total abstinence (from beer as well as wine and liquor) by Richard "Dicky" Turner, a working-man from Preston, England. Also said to have been introduced in 1827 in a New York temperance society which recorded a T after the signature of those who had pledged total abstinence, but contemporary evidence for this is wanting, and while Century Dictionary allows that "the word may have originated independently in the two countries," OED favors the British origin and ones that Webster (1847) calls teetotaler "a cant word formed in England." 【记】tee tea + total 全部，完全，完全喝茶，不喝酒，以茶代酒；

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[ti:'təutl] 【英】 adj.滴酒不沾的 (complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks)【记】 来自英国戒酒运动拥 护者Turner 1833年戒酒演讲中的t otal一词的口吃讹音t eetotal 无

单词	teetotal
音标	[ti:'təutl]
解释	adj. 滴酒不沾的
红宝书	【英】 adj.滴酒不沾的 (complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks) 【记】来自英国戒酒运动拥护者Turner 1833年戒酒演讲中的t otal一词的口吃讹音t eetotal
字源	teetotal (v.) "pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink," 1834, possibly formed from total (adj.) with a reduplication of the initial T- for emphasis (T-totally "totally," though not in an abstinence sense, is recorded in Kentucky dialect from 1832 and is possibly older in Irish-English). The use in temperance jargon was first noted September 1833 in a speech advocating total abstinence (from beer as well as wine and liquor) by Richard "Dicky" Turner, a working-man from Preston, England. Also said to have been introduced in 1827 in a New York temperance society which recorded a T after the signature of those who had pledged total abstinence, but contemporary evidence for this is wanting, and while Century Dictionary allows that "the word may have originated independently in the two countries," OED favors the British origin and ones that Webster (1847) calls teetotaler "a cant word formed in England."
不择手段背单词	无
趣味全助记	【记】tee tea + total 全部，完全，完全喝茶，不喝酒，以茶代酒；

Total Abstinence Teetotal Possibly Formed Recorded Temperance Word