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单词 carouse
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Definition of carouse in English:

carouse

verb kəˈraʊzkəˈraʊz
[no object]
  • Drink alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.

    they danced and caroused until the drink ran out
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As well as turning back the clock on the field, the end of the 90 minutes simply signalled the beginning of a great night's carousing and reminiscing at the players' post-match party.
    • It is the morning after the night before and he is looking relatively chipper despite a late night carousing in Glasgow.
    • Are all the symbols of a modern Christmas, with its glitz, glamour, over eating, drinking, carousing in keeping with the simple story of the Nativity?
    • He would come home early, early in the morning - after work, he would go out drinking and carousing, so his adventures would take until after midnight to culminate.
    • Instead of returning home, he made a night of it, carousing with his friends.
    • He looked weary and about three years older - like he had just spent an entire night carousing through Detroit and drinking to his heart's content.
    • There's evidence to support this, too: where I used to go out carousing until the wee small hours during the week, I'm now more likely to be moderate and in bed by midnight - even on the weekends.
    • All the other guys on the basketball team were already carousing, dancing with girls and eating to their heart's content.
    • The Middleton Guardian was told that up to 60 vandals regularly invade the grounds and spend the whole night drinking and carousing, leaving a trail of dangerous debris in their wake.
    • He died a young man and it was possible that his lifestyle sleeping in wet clothes, drinking and carousing led to his death.
    • Everyone's out carousing in the street anyway.
    • They go out dining, drinking, and carousing together.
    • A fine night's carousing at the college ball was followed by a boisterous afternoon on the river at the annual regatta.
    • I was raised a strict Mormon; alcohol, smoking, going to bars, carousing, etc. were against the rules of the religion.
    • She felt closer to her father and her own pirate blood that night, carousing in the pirate town of Tortuga.
    • He is a respectable businessman now but when we were young we terrorised Glasgow's nightclubs, drinking, carousing and doing a lot else I can't mention.
    • She was stuck indoors with the kids while he was out carousing.
    • There was the opportunity to continue drinking and carousing, but I'd had enough.
    • It's a day of drinking, carousing and live music.
    • We drank, caroused, sang, read, shared and worked together, only to part forever from each other's company.
    Synonyms
    drink and make merry, go on a drinking bout, go on a binge, binge, binge-drink, overindulge, drink heavily/freely, go on a pub crawl, go on a spree
    have a party, revel, celebrate, feast, enjoy oneself, have a good time, roister, {eat, drink, and be merry}, frolic, romp
    informal booze, go boozing, go on a bender, paint the town red, bend one's elbow, party, rave, have a ball, raise hell, make whoopee, live it up, whoop it up, have a fling
    British informal go on the bevvy
    archaic wassail
noun kəˈraʊzkəˈraʊz
  • A noisy, lively drinking party.

    corporate carouses
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Last Supper, or a mere carouse as Ivan had called it (which caused his confinement in the dark shed), came to the apogee.
    Synonyms
    social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social

Derivatives

  • carousal

  • noun kəˈraʊz(ə)lkəˈraʊz(ə)l
    • At university, both plunged into a side-life of journalism and nocturnal carousal.
  • carouser

  • noun kəˈraʊzəkəˈraʊzər
    • He wasn't the carouser and the party animal that people thought.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • From the table of rowdy carousers came a loud voice.
      • The early closing time of pubs meant that carousers were forced to gather at dusk in private homes, where the host would tap a barrel.
      • The air is warm and still enough that I didn't even need a sweater, and the sidewalks were already lined with carousers.
      • These verses have been quoted by Arab carousers though the centuries.

Origin

Mid 16th century: originally as an adverb meaning 'right out, completely' in the phrase drink carouse, from German gar aus trinken; hence 'drink heavily, have a drinking bout'.

Rhymes

arouse, blouse, browse, Cowes, dowse, drowse, espouse, house, Howes, rouse
 
 

Definition of carouse in US English:

carouse

verbkəˈraʊzkəˈrouz
[no object]
  • Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.

    they danced and caroused until the drink ran out
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Instead of returning home, he made a night of it, carousing with his friends.
    • He is a respectable businessman now but when we were young we terrorised Glasgow's nightclubs, drinking, carousing and doing a lot else I can't mention.
    • She was stuck indoors with the kids while he was out carousing.
    • He looked weary and about three years older - like he had just spent an entire night carousing through Detroit and drinking to his heart's content.
    • They go out dining, drinking, and carousing together.
    • Everyone's out carousing in the street anyway.
    • He died a young man and it was possible that his lifestyle sleeping in wet clothes, drinking and carousing led to his death.
    • There's evidence to support this, too: where I used to go out carousing until the wee small hours during the week, I'm now more likely to be moderate and in bed by midnight - even on the weekends.
    • She felt closer to her father and her own pirate blood that night, carousing in the pirate town of Tortuga.
    • As well as turning back the clock on the field, the end of the 90 minutes simply signalled the beginning of a great night's carousing and reminiscing at the players' post-match party.
    • The Middleton Guardian was told that up to 60 vandals regularly invade the grounds and spend the whole night drinking and carousing, leaving a trail of dangerous debris in their wake.
    • All the other guys on the basketball team were already carousing, dancing with girls and eating to their heart's content.
    • We drank, caroused, sang, read, shared and worked together, only to part forever from each other's company.
    • There was the opportunity to continue drinking and carousing, but I'd had enough.
    • A fine night's carousing at the college ball was followed by a boisterous afternoon on the river at the annual regatta.
    • I was raised a strict Mormon; alcohol, smoking, going to bars, carousing, etc. were against the rules of the religion.
    • It is the morning after the night before and he is looking relatively chipper despite a late night carousing in Glasgow.
    • Are all the symbols of a modern Christmas, with its glitz, glamour, over eating, drinking, carousing in keeping with the simple story of the Nativity?
    • It's a day of drinking, carousing and live music.
    • He would come home early, early in the morning - after work, he would go out drinking and carousing, so his adventures would take until after midnight to culminate.
    Synonyms
    drink and make merry, go on a drinking bout, go on a binge, binge, binge-drink, overindulge, drink freely, drink heavily, go on a pub crawl, go on a spree
nounkəˈraʊzkəˈrouz
  • A noisy, lively drinking party.

    corporate carouses
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Last Supper, or a mere carouse as Ivan had called it (which caused his confinement in the dark shed), came to the apogee.
    Synonyms
    social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social

Origin

Mid 16th century: originally as an adverb meaning ‘right out, completely’ in the phrase drink carouse, from German gar aus trinken; hence ‘drink heavily, have a drinking bout’.

 
 
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