英语词汇“swift half”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

swift half n. British colloquial an alcoholic drink (often, but not necessarily, a half-pint of beer, lager, etc.), esp. one intended to be drunk quickly during a brief visit to a public house; cf. quick one n. at quick adj., n.¹, and adv. Compounds 1b.

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1973 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 July (Sunday Mag.) 10/3 [London:] Dad cannot invite Prince Phillip for a swift half in the local or take him along to watch the village football club.

1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 15 July The Forbidden Fruit is a strong, Belgian beer which is fermented in a bottle (a bottle, incidentally, tastelessly decorated with a picture of Adam and Eve sharing a swift half).

1995 Empire Nov. 111/1 A lascivious evening spent in some shocking, lap-dancing establishment, followed by a swift half in the Viper Room, spiced with off-the-record Hollywood gossip.

2004 T. Turner Failure's Guide to Flirting 44 I'm sure we've all been there—you go for a swift half after work and many hours later you're still in the pub, singing ‘California Dreaming’ and being restrained from standing on the table.

单词	swift half
释义	> as lemmas swift half swift half n. British colloquial an alcoholic drink (often, but not necessarily, a half-pint of beer, lager, etc.), esp. one intended to be drunk quickly during a brief visit to a public house; cf. quick one n. at quick adj., n.¹, and adv. Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1973 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 July (Sunday Mag.) 10/3 [London:] Dad cannot invite Prince Phillip for a swift half in the local or take him along to watch the village football club. 1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 15 July The Forbidden Fruit is a strong, Belgian beer which is fermented in a bottle (a bottle, incidentally, tastelessly decorated with a picture of Adam and Eve sharing a swift half). 1995 Empire Nov. 111/1 A lascivious evening spent in some shocking, lap-dancing establishment, followed by a swift half in the Viper Room, spiced with off-the-record Hollywood gossip. 2004 T. Turner Failure's Guide to Flirting 44 I'm sure we've all been there—you go for a swift half after work and many hours later you're still in the pub, singing ‘California Dreaming’ and being restrained from standing on the table. extracted from swiftadj.adv. < as lemmas
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