| 单词 | intoxicate |
| 释义 | intoxicate (once / 530 pages) v Alcohol's effect on most people, especially when they drink too much of it, is to intoxicate them. If you're not used to drinking, a glass of Champagne may intoxicate you. Beer, wine, and hard liquor can all intoxicate those who drink them. It's worth noting that in the fifteenth century, intoxicate meant "to poison." A less poisonous way to intoxicate is to "fill with delight or happiness." A gorgeous summer day might intoxicate you, or winning first prize in poetry contest. WORD FAMILYintoxicate: intoxicated, intoxicates, intoxicating, intoxication+/intoxicated: unintoxicated/intoxicating: intoxicatingly/intoxication: intoxications USAGE EXAMPLESA judge ordered Hamell to pay $1,875 in fines plus an additional amount in surcharges for operating while intoxicated and carrying weapons. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Recommendations include requiring bartenders and others who serve alcohol to be trained in identifying intoxicated customers. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Becky’s harshness toward herself is as faulty a self-perception as, say, a Dorothy Parker character intoxicated by her own beauty and refinement. The New Yorker(Jan 02, 2017) 1v make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) Syn|Hypo|Hyper inebriate, soak befuddle, fuddle make stupid with alcohol affect act physically on; have an effect upon 2v have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug Hyper poison administer poison to 3v fill with high spirits; fill with optimism Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper elate, lift up, pick up, uplift cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down lower someone's spirits; make downhearted beatify make blessedly happy puffmake proud or conceited beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pinkfill with sublime emotion excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of |
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