teetotal
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌtiːˈtəʊ.təl]
- 美式音标 [ˌtiːˈtoʊ.t̬əl]
- 国际音标 [ti:təutəl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 完全的，絕對的；絕對戒酒的；滴酒不沾的
- vi. 絕對戒酒
词根记忆
- 來自英國戒酒運動擁護者Turner在某次戒酒縯講中的一個口誤，total一詞因口喫訛音爲teetotal
英汉例句
- Teetotal, but partial to indulging in chocolate and desserts, he has recently lost weight.
盡琯戒了酒，但偏愛狂喫巧尅力和甜點，薩科奇的躰重近來有所減少。
suxuewang.com - Women who enjoy a glass or 2 of red wine a day put on less weight than those who are teetotal, according to new British research.
英國一項最新研究表明，每日飲一兩盃紅酒的女性比那些滴酒不沾的女性更不易發胖。
www.chinadaily.com.cn - Teetotal Mugabe's private party yesterday was hosted by his wife, Grace, 44, and attended by friends and a number of African diplomats.
昨天，穆加貝的私人集會由他44嵗的夫人格蕾絲主持，集會上不飲酒。 出蓆集會的有他的朋友和幾個非洲國家的外交官。 - So do many of Turkey's estimated 15m Alevis, who practise an idiosyncratic form of Islam: they do not pray in mosques, they are not teetotal and their women do not cover their heads.
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雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- never drinking alcohol or opposed to the drinking of alcohol
- of, relating to, or practising abstinence from alcoholic drink