| 单词 | strong head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstrong head (a) A person's ability to tolerate the effects of alcoholic drink or (in later use) other intoxicating substances. In early use with modifying word, esp. in strong head; in later use frequently with for. Cf. hardhead n.2 4. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking capacity lading1526 load1594 jag1678 heada1686 hardhead1794 bibosity1823 a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 531 It must be a strong Head that bears heady Wine. 1748 R. Arnald Crit. Comm. Bk. Wisdom Jesus Son of Sirach xxxi. 165/1 Value not thyself upon a strong Head, much less affect the Character of a hard Drinker. a1827 W. Hickey Mem. (1913) I. iv. 35 I replied that I could drink as much as the best of them, and..I had, for such a youngster, a tolerable strong head. 1919 E. O'Neill Moon of Caribbees 191 I've a head for strong drink, as ye know, but he hasn't. 1932 E. Bowen To North xiii. 131 Markie had a good head; if he had been very drunk he was not drunk now. 1990 C. Davis Dog Horse Rat ix. 102 He had a head for dope, he said, never lost himself entirely. 2000 C. McCullough Morgan's Run 164 Jimmy Price was a Somerset yokel with a poor head for rum. < as lemmas |
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