| 词汇 | quaffing |
| 释义 | quaffing present participle ofquaff 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 quench slurp sup swig swill tasting Examples of quaffingquaffing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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 Here it is made into the full range of styles, from easy-drinking quaffing wine and ros to barrel-aged wine intended for cellaring. 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. 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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