| 单词 | tipple |
| 释义 | tipple (once / 6774 pages) vn Use the verb tipple when you want to show that someone drinks moderately but regularly. During Prohibition in the 1920s it was illegal to tipple but today you can tipple almost anywhere — as long as you are 21. As a noun, a tipple is an alcoholic drink. Your usual tipple may be a glass of wine with dinner, but at a summer barbecue your tipple may be beer. From tipple we also get the noun tippler — a person who drinks regularly but moderately. Experts aren't sure where the word tipple comes from, but it may be from a Norwegian word, tipla, which means to drink slowly. WORD FAMILYtipple: tippled, tippler, tipples, tippling+/tippler: tipplers USAGE EXAMPLESToday’s mulled wine may be a holiday novelty; it’s also a common tipple at private parties in Austria. Washington Post(Dec 17, 2016) He explained that the tipple is where a coal’s mode of transportation changes. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) A tipple of that unique brandy proves that the distiller’s art is yet one more facet of the city’s creative side. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1v drink moderately but regularly We tippled the cognac Syn|Hyper bib booze, drink, fuddle consume alcohol 2n a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg Syn|Hypo|Hyper draft, draught, potation quaff a hearty draft drink a single serving of a beverage |
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