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To drink in big mouthfuls, usually straight from a bottle or can, without being careful or polite about it. The picture is someone tipping a bottle up and gulping — a worker finishing a bottle of water after a hot job, a friend taking a drink from your bottle at a night market.
To drink in big mouthfuls就是大口大口地喝 usually straight from a bottle or can通常是直接對著瓶口或罐口喝 without being careful or polite about it不會很小心或很有禮貌 The picture is someone tipping a bottle up and gulping畫面就是有人把瓶子一舉、咕嚕咕嚕地灌 a worker finishing a bottle of water after a hot job像工人做完粗活後把一瓶水灌完 a friend taking a drink from your bottle at a night market或朋友在夜市裡拿你的瓶子灌一口
It is informal and a bit rough round the edges, so it fits friends and family, not a business report. Two things are inside the word: the size of the mouthful (big) and the manner (casual, thirsty, unrefined).
It is informal and a bit rough round the edges這個字很口語，帶點粗獷 so it fits friends and family, not a business report所以適合用在朋友家人之間，不適合商業報告 Two things are inside the word這個字裡藏著兩件事 the size of the mouthful (big)一是喝一口的量(很大口) and the manner (casual, thirsty, unrefined)二是喝的樣子(隨性、渴、不講究)
Because of that casual feel, it often comes up with beer and other alcohol, and English speakers sometimes use it to hint that someone is drinking too freely — 'he was swigging whisky all evening'. But there is nothing about alcohol in the word itself; you can swig water or juice perfectly happily.
Because of that casual feel因為這種隨性的感覺 it often comes up with beer and other alcohol它常常跟啤酒或其他酒一起出現 and English speakers sometimes use it to hint that someone is drinking too freely英文使用者有時候會用它來暗示某人喝得太隨便 'he was swigging whisky all evening'像「he was swigging whisky all evening(他整晚都在灌威士忌)」 But there is nothing about alcohol in the word itself但這個字本身跟酒精沒有任何關係 you can swig water or juice perfectly happily你完全可以swig(大口灌)水或果汁
It is also a noun: a swig is one such mouthful, and 'take a swig of' is the most common way you will hear it.
It is also a noun它也可以當名詞 a swig is one such mouthful一個swig就是這樣的一大口 and 'take a swig of' is the most common way you will hear it而「take a swig of」是你最常聽到的說法
組成Origin uncertain, from the middle 1500s. It may be connected to Old English swelgan, 'to swallow', but scholars are not certain of this.
原始詞典資料8 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。
swigverb/swɪɡ/
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To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
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obsoleteTo suck.
- As sucking Colts leap when they swig the Teat
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nauticaltransportTo take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line.
swignoun/swɪɡ/
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obsoleteDrink, liquor.
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A long draught from a drink.
- take a swig of whisky
- Jerry put his brandy bottle at the side of his pillow,—kindly informing him that he would have an opportunity of taking a few more swigs before he went down, for the water was only up to her bends at present.
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obsoleteA person who drinks deeply.
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nauticaltransportA tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
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Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
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。