释义 |
leglessleg‧less /ˈleɡləs/ adjective - A legless beggar pulled himself along through the slush on wooden slats.
- I was more than once surprised to see men going into those rooms, paying visits to the legless men.
- Mr Ridley appeared against the surreal backdrop of a vast headless, legless belly floating over his shoulder from the bench behind.
- The shadow his mind made legless lurched against the wall, glass raised.
- They'd gone from legless to stone cold sober in nothing flat.
- They were barely humanoid, with bodies that dwindled from wide torsos to legless, conical abdomens.
- Watch a legless man in a wheelchair completing the London Marathon and we cry, or at least I do.
- We ran out of crisps and conversation and were growing increasingly legless and puzzled.
► drunk [not usually before noun] having drunk too much alcohol so that your behaviour and mental processes are affected: · Gary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night.· I just hope they don’t get drunk and start fighting.· drunk driving· The police are going to crack down on drunk drivers. ► tipsy/merry [not before noun] slightly drunk: · After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy. ► pissed [not usually before noun] British English informal not polite drunk – this word is very common in spoken British English, but it is not polite: · Don’t listen to him – he’s pissed. ► intoxicated [not before noun] formal drunk: · He was arrested for driving while intoxicated. ► paralytic/legless [not before noun] British English informal extremely drunk: · Don’t give Dave any more to drink -- he’s already legless.· They became totally paralytic and abusive. ► drunken [only before noun] especially written used to describe someone who is drunk or their behaviour. Drunken is mainly used in written English and is always used before a noun. Don’t say ‘he is drunken’. Say he is drunk: · A drunken man was found lying outside a shop door.· We found him lying by the roadside in a drunken stupor (=almost unconscious as a result of being drunk). very drunk► blind drunk · Every Saturday night he came home blind drunk.· Don't give him anything more to drink. He's already blind drunk. ► roaring drunk very drunk and very noisy: · They were all roaring drunk and kept singing bawdy songs. ► smashed/plastered/trashed spoken informal very drunk: · We went to a nightclub in town last night and got absolutely plastered.· She came home completely smashed at about 2 o'clock this morning.· Man, you were so trashed. How much did you have to drink? ► bombed/loaded/wasted American spoken very drunk: · Did you see Kim at Rob's party? She was totally wasted.· He's loaded. Somebody better call him a cab.· I was so bombed, I can't even remember half of what I did. ► paralytic/legless British spoken extremely drunk: · Don't give Dave any more to drink -- he's already legless.· The day I got my exam results we went out and got absolutely paralytic. 1[not before noun] British English informal very drunk2without legs |