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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
drunk
drunk [drunk drunks drunker drunkest] adjective, noun BrE [drʌŋk] NAmE [drʌŋk] see also ↑drink v. adjective 1. not usually before noun having drunk so much alcohol that it is impossible to think or speak clearly • She was too drunk to remember anything about the party. • His only way of dealing with his problems was to go out and get drunk. •They got drunk on vodka. •Police arrested him for being drunk and disorderly (= violent or noisy in a public place because of being drunk). Opp: ↑sober 2. ~ with sth (formal)in a great state of excitement because of a particular emotion or situation •drunk with success more at blind drunk at ↑blind adv., roaring drunk at ↑roaring Word Origin: Middle English: past participle of ↑drink; compare with ↑drunken. Thesaurus: drunk adj. not usually before noun •They got drunk on vodka. drunken • • under the influence • |informal tipsy • |formal intoxicated • |slang wasted • |BrE, taboo, slang pissed • Opp: sober drunk/tipsy/pissed on sth get drunk/tipsy/wasted/pissed Example Bank: •Harry went out and got drunk last night. •He came home blind drunk, as usual. •He was still half drunk. •I was beginning to feel very drunk. •She was almost drunk with all these new impressions. •She was arrested for drunk driving. •The wine had made him drunk. •drunk with fatigue •His only way of dealing with his problems was to go out and get drunk. Idiom: ↑drunk as a lord noun a person who is drunk or who often gets drunk Word Origin: Middle English: past participle of ↑drink; compare with ↑drunken. See also: ↑drunk as a skunk
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