英语词汇“sober”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adjective | verb

sobersober1 /ˈsoʊbɚ/ ●●○ adjective

ETYMOLOGYsober¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French sobre, from Latin sobrius

1not drunk: Are you sober enough to drive?2having a serious attitude to life: a sober hard-working young man3plain and not brightly colored: a sober gray suit4serious and making you think carefully about things: sober reality [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French sobre, from Latin sobrius]—soberly adverb

adjective | verb

sobersober2 verb [intransitive, transitive]

VERB TABLE

sober

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sober
	he, she, it	sobers
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sobered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sobered
	he, she, it	has sobered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sobered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sober
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sobered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sobering
	he, she, it	is sobering
	you, we, they	are sobering
Past	I, he, she, it	was sobering
	you, we, they	were sobering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sobering
	he, she, it	has been sobering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sobering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sobering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sobering

sober up phrasal verb sober somebody ↔ up to gradually become less drunk, or make someone become less drunk: They tried to sober her up by giving her some coffee and food.