单词 | outdrink |
释义 | outdrinkv. 1. transitive. To outdo in drinking, drink more than. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > outlast in contest outdrinka1500 to see out1755 a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 39 (MED) Whan thou art in that pleasaunce, absteyne the fro drynke and suffre others to spare it not, and lett hem drynke atavnt and outdrynke other. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir ii. sig. D I durst out-drinke a Lord. 1675 Mistaken Husband iii. 34 How will I gnaw the sweet-meats in my fury! Out eat a Justice, and out drink a Jury. 1735 A. Pope Satires of Donne ii, in Wks. II. 37 Who..Out-cant old Esdras, or out-drink his Heir. 1822 C. M. Sedgwick New-Eng. Tale xiii. 216 Rivington was a fit companion for his new friend; addicted to a score of vices; gambling high, and out-drinking, out-swearing, and out-bullying his comrades. 1891 Missionary Herald (Boston) Dec. 538 He..tried to outdrink the heaviest drinkers. 1976 J. Wainwright Bastard i. 20 He couldn't out-fight me. He couldn't out-daredevil me. He couldn't out-drink me. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo v. 120 There was no man in Derry he couldn't outdrink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink up or off swap?1507 swingea1529 drink1535 uphalec1540 toss1568 trill off?1589 snapa1592 to toss offa1592 to turn down1593 to top off1598 drain1604 to take off1613 outdrinka1631 whip1639 swoop1648 epote1657 to fetch off1657 ebibe1689 fetch1691 to tip off1699 to sweep off1707 tip1784 to turn over1796 a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 330 Nor they which use..To out-drinke the sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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