| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_to-drink |
| 释义 | to drinkThe most common word for taking liquid into your body through your mouth is drink. What would you like to drink? I drink milk at breakfast. What are you drinking? The verb have is also very common and is often used instead of drink. I don't let the children have sweet fizzy drinks. I'll just have a cup of coffee before we go out. If someone drinks something taking only a small amount at a time, the verb sip is often used. She sipped the tea carefully because it was hot. The informal verb swig is often used when someone takes a large amount into their mouth. He was swigging milk from the bottle. When someone drinks something very quickly, you can use gulp or gulp down. Stop gulping your water! She gulped down the rest of her coffee and then left. Slurp can be used in informal language when someone drinks in a noisy way. The children were eating pizza and slurping lemonade. You can also use the verb quaff to refer to drinking something quickly or in large amounts. Quaff is old-fashioned. He quaffed his cordial and sat in silence. You can use the formal word imbibe in a humorous way to talk about drinking, though imbibe is usually used to describe drinking alcohol. Imbibing down the pub, are we? And what have you decided to imbibe this evening? |
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