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单词 pink elephants
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Definition of pink elephants in English:

pink elephants

plural noun
informal
  • Hallucinations supposedly typical of those experienced by a person who is drunk.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you were seeing pink elephants, it would be serious.
    • It'll take more than a few shots of Wild Turkey or 99 Bananas before you start seeing pink elephants.
    • There is nothing homosexual about pink gins which, if you drink too many, might help you to see pink elephants.
    • Some have double vision; others hallucinate, claiming to have been visited by pink elephants.
    • Because they were out for the night, the students were living it up (and then getting drunk enough to see pink elephants and the like).
    Synonyms
    delusion, illusion, figment of the imagination, vision, apparition, mirage, chimera, fantasy, dream, daydream
 
 

Definition of pink elephants in US English:

pink elephants

plural noun
informal
  • Hallucinations supposedly typical of those experienced by a drunk person.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is nothing homosexual about pink gins which, if you drink too many, might help you to see pink elephants.
    • If you were seeing pink elephants, it would be serious.
    • It'll take more than a few shots of Wild Turkey or 99 Bananas before you start seeing pink elephants.
    • Because they were out for the night, the students were living it up (and then getting drunk enough to see pink elephants and the like).
    • Some have double vision; others hallucinate, claiming to have been visited by pink elephants.
    Synonyms
    delusion, illusion, figment of the imagination, vision, apparition, mirage, chimera, fantasy, dream, daydream
 
 
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