| 单词 | teetotaler |
| 释义 | teetotaler (once / 15192 pages) n If you are a teetotaler, you stay away from drinking alcoholic beverages. Some people assume that teetotaler and the related word teetotal were coined to refer to people who totally abstained from drinking anything stronger than tea, but this is incorrect. (Note the spelling difference of the prefix tee.) One theory on the words' origins is that a man called Dicky Turner stuttered in an 1833 speech in Preston, England. He claimed that moderation was not sufficient, instead pledging "t-t-total" abstinence. WORD FAMILYteetotaler: teetotalers+/teetotal: teetotaled, teetotaler, teetotaling, teetotalism, teetotaller, teetotalling, teetotally, teetotals/teetotalism: teetotalisms, teetotalist/teetotaller: teetotallers USAGE EXAMPLESThere’s even root beer and nitro coffee on tap for teetotalers. Seattle Times(Sep 21, 2016) Dressed in hand-me-down drag glamour distributed by his “dandy minions”, spectators play various opposition factions – Americans and British, women and men, alcoholics and teetotalers. The Guardian(Sep 19, 2016) My father was a teetotaler, never touched a drop, and I often heard him sneer about the scent of liquor on people’s breath. The New Yorker(Sep 19, 2016) n a total abstainer Syn|Hyper teetotalist, teetotaller abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
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