| 单词 | to take to the bottle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take to the bottle P4. to take to the bottle: to start drinking alcohol, esp. heavily and habitually; cf. to hit the bottle at hit v. 23b. ΚΠ 1682 A. Oldys Fair Extravagant 13 At last he bethought himself, and takes to the Bottle. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. x. 42 I took to the bottle, and tried to tipple away my cares. 1855 Bentley's Misc. 37 576 Poor M. Herzen tried to forget his sufferings by taking to the bottle. 1916 Theatre Mag. Dec. 355 He takes to the bottle and sinks lower and lower in drink. 1978 J. Lees-Milne Diary 21 Dec. in Through Wood & Dale (2001) 299 Allowances must be made for him for losing his two sons... He..took to the bottle. 2007 M. Richards Growing Wild on Exmoor 22 The worries were manufactured to give him another excuse to take to the bottle. < as lemmas |
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