| 词汇 | quaff |
| 释义 | quaff verb[ I or T ] old-fashioneduk /kwɒf/ us /kwæf/ to drink something quickly or in large amounts痛饮，大口喝 Synonyms drink(LIQUID) gulp swiginformal to drink drinkWhat would you like to drink? haveI don't let the children have sweet fizzy drinks. sipShe sipped the tea carefully because it was hot. swigHe was swigging milk from the bottle. gulp (down)Stop gulping your water! slurpThe children were eating pizza and slurping lemonade. Drinking consume drink drink (something) up drinker drinking drinking fountain drinking water drunk mainline non-consumption overindulge overindulgence overindulgent partake sup swig swill tasting tea ceremony wash Examples of quaffquaff Your cup full, you quaff the cool refreshing draught and give thanks. Why does nobody ever quaff the bowl if it is so often at our lips? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I felt as guilty as any first world war general, quaffing claret in comfort behind the lines while sending other officers to face the flak at the front. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Artists used to come and paint it, and there are one or two good inns on the banks where one could quaff one's ale in the summer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Water was too dangerous to drink for fear of bacterial and so ale and wine was quaffed in quantity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The acts of pausing and focusing through each step distinguishes wine tasting from simple quaffing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the end, all five of them quaffed from the steel bowl the remaining elixir binding themselves in new fraternal ties. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. You placed your nib with its tens of thousands of nostrils on the cliffs of my water sources and you quaffed them from their depths and you drained them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They spread the rumor among the enemy that these men wage war obstinately, drink human blood and quaff their own gore if they can not reach the foe. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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