| 单词 | sober |
| 释义 | sober (once / 251 pages) adjv This adjective means the opposite of playful or drunk. When attending a funeral, you are expected to be sober in both senses. The most common meaning of sober is "not drunk" — people who drive need to be sober. Sober sounds a lot like somber, and it often means sad and quiet too, or sometimes too serious. Another meaning is to be logical or realistic about something. Sometimes sober means drab: a grey station wagon is a more sober vehicle than a hot red convertible. All of these meanings are quiet and restrained — unlike a person who has had a lot to drink. WORD FAMILYsober: sobered, soberer, soberest, sobering, soberingly, soberly, soberness, sobers USAGE EXAMPLESEventually, he sobered up and decided to grow up but no matter how many jobs he applied for, no one wanted to hire him. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Despite its subject matter, or perhaps because of it, “Wonderland” is a sober, sturdy book. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Her voice is bruised and broken, angry and strong, raspy as whiskey and sober and clear. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) Syn|Ant cold sober, stone-sober totally sober drug-freecharacteristic of a person not taking illegal drugs or of a place where no illegal drugs are used dry, teetotalpracticing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages uninebriated, unintoxicatednot inebriated drunk, inebriated, intoxicated stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiasticused of riotously drunken merrymaking beerysmelling of beer pottyslightly intoxicated bibulous, boozy, drunken, sottishgiven to or marked by the consumption of alcohol doped, drugged, narcotised, narcotizedunder the influence of narcotics half-seas-overBritish informal for `intoxicated' high, mellowslightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) hopped-up, stonedunder the influence of narcotics 2adj lacking brightness or color; dull sober Puritan grey Syn drab, somber, sombre colorless, colourless weak in color; not colorful 3adj dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises as sober as a judge Syn grave, sedate, solemn serious concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities 4adj completely lacking in playfulness Syn|Ant serious, unplayful playful full of fun and high spirits coltish, frolicky, frolicsome, rollicking, sportivegiven to merry frolicking devilish, rascally, roguishplayful in an appealingly bold way elfin, elfish, elvishusually good-naturedly mischievous arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wickednaughtily or annoyingly playful frisky, kittenishplayful like a lively kitten mocking, quizzical, teasingplayfully vexing (especially by ridicule) 5v become sober after excessive alcohol consumption Keep him in bed until he sobers up Syn|Hyper sober up become, get, go enter or assume a certain state or condition 6v cause to become sober A sobering thought Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 7v become more realistic After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up Syn|Hyper sober up become, get, go enter or assume a certain state or condition |
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