单词 | half seas over |
释义 | half seas over in British Englishadjective British informal drunk drunk in British English (drʌŋk) adjective 1. intoxicated with alcohol to the extent of losing control over normal physical and mental functions 2. overwhelmed by strong influence or emotion drunk with joy noun 3. a person who is drunk or drinks habitually to excess 4. informal a drinking bout half-seas over in American English (ˈhæfˌsiz, ˈhɑːf-) adjective slang drunk; intoxicated; inebriated Word origin [1545–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1545–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: articulate, caste, integral, offset, spiralExamples of 'half seas over' in a sentence |
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