词汇 | boozer |
释义 | boozer noun 1 a drinker of alcohol; a habitual drinker; an alcoholic UK, 1606. 2 a place where alcohol is served; a public house or bar UK, 1895 booze canAn establishment (e.g., a nightclub or bar) that sells or provides alcoholic beverages illegally and/or after hours. I know a great booze can downtown that only lets you in if you know the password. hit the sauceTo drink alcohol, especially heavily and frequently. You need to stop hitting the sauce and start taking care of your kids! booze (it) upslang To drink a lot of alcohol. It's my birthday, so I'm definitely boozing it up tonight! hit the bottleTo drink alcohol, especially to excess. All this stress at work right now is enough to make me hit the bottle. kick the (something)slang To overcome an addiction to something. It took gum, patches, and even hypnosis, but I've finally kicked the habit. Unfortunately, the physical nature of heroin addiction means that kicking the habit isn't as simple as just wanting to stop. After saying such horrible things to my parents, I decided it was finally time to kick the booze for good. hit the boozeTo drink alcohol, especially to excess. All this stress at work right now is enough to make me hit the booze. booze artistOne who is drunk or apt to get drunk. I was quite a booze artist in college, but those days are long behind me. All right, let's get this booze artist some coffee—something to sober him up. booze itslang To drink a lot of alcohol. It's my birthday, so I'm definitely boozing it tonight! boozedslang Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really boozed! boozehoundslang One who is apt to drink alcohol often and excessively; an alcoholic. "Booze" is a slang term for alcohol derived from the Middle Dutch word busen, meaning "to drink to excess." Geez, if we go to the bar a third time this week, we're gonna look like a couple of boozehounds! booze it upSl to drink heavily; to drink to get drunk. (Fixed order.) She wanted to get home and booze it up by herself. He boozes it up every Friday after work. booze upSl to drink heavily. Those guys are always boozing up. Stop boozing up and go home. hit the bottleand hit the boozeFig. Inf. to go on a drinking bout; to get drunk. Jed's hitting the bottle again. He's been hitting the booze for a week now. hit the bottleAlso, hit the booze or sauce . Drink alcoholic beverages, especially a great deal, as in I don't know if it will be a problem, but he hits the bottle every weekend, or She hardly ever hits the booze, but when she does, watch out, or It doesn't show in her work, but she hits the sauce every night. These slangy expressions date from the late 1800s and early 1900s. hit the bottleINFORMALIf someone hits the bottle, they drink too much alcohol. One newspaper even said I'd started hitting the bottle. Complete rubbish. These teenagers hit the bottle to rebel. hit (or be on) the bottlestart to drink alcohol heavily, especially in an attempt to escape from one's problems. informalhit the ˈbottle(informal) regularly drink too much: She managed to resist alcohol for a year, then hit the bottle again when her husband died.He’s really hitting the bottle at the moment.kick the ˈhabit, ˈdrug, ˈbooze, etc.stop doing something harmful that you have done for a long time: According to research, only one smoker in a hundred is able to kick the habit without some kind of help.booze upv. 1. To consume alcoholic beverages steadily: They were boozing up all night and didn't come home until sunrise. 2. To serve someone enough alcohol to cause drunkenness: The sales representative was well known for boozing up her clients after a sale. He doesn't seem friendly, but he's more sociable if you booze him up a bit. 3. To become drunk. Used in the passive: I was too boozed up to drive home. booze(buz)1. n. beverage alcohol. (Slang since the 1500s.) I don’t care for booze. It makes me sneeze. 2. and booze up in. to drink alcohol to excess; to go on a bash. Stop boozing for a minute and listen up, guys. Let’s booze up and watch TV. booze upverbSee booze booze artist n. a drunken person; a drunkard. A wobbly booze artist sat musing on the stool in the corner. booze it (up) tv. to drink excessively; to drink to intoxication. You come home every night and booze it up. How can you keep on this way? booze itverbSee booze it up boozed mod. alcohol intoxicated. Wow, is he ever boozed! hit the bottleand hit the booze tv. to go on a drinking bout; to get drunk. She got caught hitting the bottle in the office. He’s been hitting the booze for a week now. hit the boozeverbSee hit the bottle |
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