单词 | intoxicate |
释义 | intoxicate —intoxicable /in tok"si keuh beuhl/, adj. —intoxicator, n. v. /in tok"si kayt'/; adj. /in tok"seuh kit, -kayt'/, v. , intoxicated, intoxicating, adj. v.t. 1. to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, esp. to excite or stupefy with liquor. 2. to make enthusiastic; elate strongly, as by intoxicants; exhilarate: The prospect of success intoxicated him. 3. Pathol. to poison. v.i. 4. to cause or produce intoxication: having the power to intoxicate. adj. 5. Archaic. intoxicated. [1375-1425; late ME < ML intoxicatus, ptp. of intoxicare to poison. See IN-2, TOXIC, -ATE1] |
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