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Boozy is an informal adjective. One common use is about a person, a face, a laugh, or someone's breath: it shows they have drunk too much — the smell, the redness, the loose talk.
Boozyboozy is an informal adjective是個口語的形容詞 One common use is about a person, a face, a laugh, or someone's breath常見用法之一是形容一個人、一張臉、一種笑聲,或某人的口氣 it shows they have drunk too much顯示他喝多了 the smell, the redness, the loose talk那股味道、泛紅的臉、鬆散的言談。
The other common use is about an event: a boozy lunch or a boozy night is one where people drink a lot, on purpose.
The other common use is about an event另一個常見用法是形容一個場合 a boozy lunch or a boozy night is one whereboozy lunch 或 boozy night 指的是 people drink a lot, on purpose大家故意喝很多酒的聚會。
It is not a medical word and not a kind way to talk about someone with a serious drink problem; it is the everyday, slightly word. A boozy person in this sense looks or feels of drink; drunk is the plainer word for the state itself.
It is not a medical word這不是醫學用詞 and not a kind way to talk about someone with a serious drink problem也不是用來善意地談論一個有嚴重酗酒問題的人 it is the everyday, slightly jokey word這是個日常、帶點玩笑意味的字 A boozy person in this sense looks or feels of drink在這個意思裡,boozy 形容的是一個人看起來或聞起來有酒味 drunk is the plainer word for the state itselfdrunk 才是形容「喝醉」這個狀態本身比較直白的字。
Though actually, people stretch it: a 'boozy culture' at work just means drinking is normal there, not that everyone is swaying.
Though actually不過實際上 people stretch it這個詞也會被延伸使用 a 'boozy culture' at work職場上的「boozy culture」 just means drinking is normal there只是指那裡喝酒是很正常的事 not that everyone is swaying不代表每個人都醉醺醺搖搖晃晃。
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
boozyadj/ˈbuːzi/
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Intoxicated by alcohol.
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Inclined to consume a significant amount of alcohol.
- Dirty Davy had brought with him his chief clerk, who was a facetious personage, and boozy, and on the confidential footing of a common rascality with his master, who, after the fashion of Harry V. in his nonage, condescended in his frolics and his cups to men of low estate […]
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Involving a large consumption of alcohol.
- We all had hangovers after a boozy weekend in town.
- Once the concert was over I settled back into my boozy routine, wine at home with my family, cognac in my studio when I was composing.
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Containing or cooked with alcohol.
- For dessert, the hosts treated us to a helping of boozy apple pie.
- You embodied that good done-in mama who gives and gives like a fountain of boozy chicken soup to a rat race of men.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。