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单词 drunken
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Definition of drunken in English:

drunken

adjective ˈdrʌŋk(ə)nˈdrəŋkən
  • 1attributive Drunk or intoxicated.

    gangs of drunken youths roamed the streets
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Plans are under way to revamp a children's play area which was vandalised by drunken youths over Christmas.
    • Police are aware of drunken youths gathering at the site in the evening and are urging the public to help.
    • One night, I observed a group of drunken men waiting half an hour for the red lights to appear.
    • That's the view of Stephen Higson, the father-of-two who was attacked in Bootham at the weekend by a gang of drunken youths.
    • I wasn't really the type of girl to socialise at a party full of drunken idiots and girls with hardly any clothes on.
    • Ms Birtwistle said the area was plagued by drunken youths during the evening and at weekends.
    • This was a case where a drunken driver ran over a drunken pedestrian.
    • Underage drunken youths are a menace to the serenity of The Green, Castledermot.
    • Cola said a blitz on drunken drivers over a seven-hour period resulted in 17 arrests.
    • In another scene, the Tamil girl is harassed by a drunken local youth and seeks refuge in the local temple.
    • One drunken youth, egged on by a male pal, approaches the Crimewatch team.
    • But the drunken trio fled when up to 20 Clifton youths answered a cry for help on a mobile phone.
    • The locals like to socialise, but even at the weekend you won't see gangs of drunken youths swarming through the streets.
    • A gang of drunken youths smashed up the area's community centre with beer and whisky bottles.
    • Taxi drivers at the mercy of drunken passengers on late-night runs sometimes admit to keeping a large spanner under their seat.
    • The male uniform gave a brief report, including gestures at the drunken youths, Nathalie and the dead man.
    • In the streets, the place was full of drunken people, and it didn't look at all safe.
    • Police were called out when a group of drunken youths went on a midnight rampage.
    • Random acts of violence are commonplace, as are crowds of drunken youths egging on our two brave protagonists.
    • Shopkeepers in Walmgate complained that their parade of stores had become a meeting place for street drinkers and drunken youths.
    Synonyms
    intoxicated, inebriated, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin
    drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin
    1. 1.1 Habitually or frequently drunk.
      his violent, drunken father
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His drunken father, who barely knows him, just wanted a free plane ride from the military.
      • Kathy is too angry and resentful to care and Josh has gradually come to grow indifferent toward his drunken distant father.
      • Of course, it never occurred to the landlord he was in actual fact selling the drinks to this drunken monstrosity.
      • A high proportion of women who marry drunks also had drunken fathers.
      • Then she stood and shoved her drunken father with all the strength she could manage.
      • It was the ‘nightmare’ of her life with her drunken father that made her seek refuge in make-believe.
      • This is the story of a boy growing up with a drunken father and a philandering mother.
    2. 1.2 Caused by or showing the effects of drink.
      the man's drunken, slurred speech
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When he got around to telling about his drunken speech, Theresa saw her next opening.
      • Not only was Paul frightened of his father's drunken wrath, all the children were.
      • The spectacle that is the weekly toga party can only be described as complete drunken debauchery.
      • Their warning comes as the Government has announced a crackdown on binge drinking and drunken anti-social behaviour.
      • For some reason I wasn't charged but several other players were asked to pay their huge hotel bar bills after a night of drunken debauchery.
      • Before that, he regularly witnessed his father beat his mother in fits of drunken rage.
      • I explained that it was his father, my husband, on one of his drunken rampages.
      • It was then that she noticed that his voice was completely clear of any drunken slur.
      • I am supposed to be writing a drunken blog post but I'm not drunk.
      • Ama went through the door of her house still in enough of a drunken daze to forget that her father was not the kind to let her get to her room before unloading on her.
      • Will longer drinking hours mean more drunken violence and alcohol-fuelled bad behaviour?
      • Police found him at the flat, almost naked and in a drunken stupor.
      • Even the poignantly romantic In the Still of the Night comes a little oddly at the end of a second act filled with allegations of drunken debauchery.
      • It feels strange watching him, now that I know many times that drunken slur was faked.
      • Alex's voice, though not yet slurred, was obviously beginning to take on a drunken edge.
      • If it's a holiday of drunken debauchery you want, this is not your dream destination.
      • They flee the dacha when the father is shot by Mikhail in a drunken misunderstanding.
      • It happened one night when he returned from a family party in a drunken stupor, brandishing a shotgun and threatening to kill his wife and child.
      • Her mother shot and killed her alcoholic father in self-defence during a drunken argument in front of their daughter.
      • Pauline went on to say that others, in a drunken stupor, regularly use the estate as a toilet and not just for urinating.
      Synonyms
      debauched, dissipated, riotous, carousing, revelling, roistering, uproarious, unruly, intemperate, unrestrained, uninhibited, abandoned
      orgiastic, bacchanalian, Bacchic, wassailing, Dionysian, saturnalian
      informal boozy

Origin

Old English, archaic past participle of drink.

Rhymes

Duncan, shrunken, sunken
 
 

Definition of drunken in US English:

drunken

adjectiveˈdrəNGkənˈdrəŋkən
  • 1attributive Drunk or intoxicated.

    gangs of drunken youths roamed the streets
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One drunken youth, egged on by a male pal, approaches the Crimewatch team.
    • I wasn't really the type of girl to socialise at a party full of drunken idiots and girls with hardly any clothes on.
    • Plans are under way to revamp a children's play area which was vandalised by drunken youths over Christmas.
    • Ms Birtwistle said the area was plagued by drunken youths during the evening and at weekends.
    • That's the view of Stephen Higson, the father-of-two who was attacked in Bootham at the weekend by a gang of drunken youths.
    • A gang of drunken youths smashed up the area's community centre with beer and whisky bottles.
    • But the drunken trio fled when up to 20 Clifton youths answered a cry for help on a mobile phone.
    • Cola said a blitz on drunken drivers over a seven-hour period resulted in 17 arrests.
    • Police are aware of drunken youths gathering at the site in the evening and are urging the public to help.
    • Random acts of violence are commonplace, as are crowds of drunken youths egging on our two brave protagonists.
    • This was a case where a drunken driver ran over a drunken pedestrian.
    • In another scene, the Tamil girl is harassed by a drunken local youth and seeks refuge in the local temple.
    • The locals like to socialise, but even at the weekend you won't see gangs of drunken youths swarming through the streets.
    • The male uniform gave a brief report, including gestures at the drunken youths, Nathalie and the dead man.
    • One night, I observed a group of drunken men waiting half an hour for the red lights to appear.
    • Police were called out when a group of drunken youths went on a midnight rampage.
    • In the streets, the place was full of drunken people, and it didn't look at all safe.
    • Shopkeepers in Walmgate complained that their parade of stores had become a meeting place for street drinkers and drunken youths.
    • Underage drunken youths are a menace to the serenity of The Green, Castledermot.
    • Taxi drivers at the mercy of drunken passengers on late-night runs sometimes admit to keeping a large spanner under their seat.
    Synonyms
    intoxicated, inebriated, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin
    drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin
    1. 1.1 Habitually or frequently drunk.
      his violent, drunken father
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was the ‘nightmare’ of her life with her drunken father that made her seek refuge in make-believe.
      • A high proportion of women who marry drunks also had drunken fathers.
      • Of course, it never occurred to the landlord he was in actual fact selling the drinks to this drunken monstrosity.
      • Kathy is too angry and resentful to care and Josh has gradually come to grow indifferent toward his drunken distant father.
      • Then she stood and shoved her drunken father with all the strength she could manage.
      • His drunken father, who barely knows him, just wanted a free plane ride from the military.
      • This is the story of a boy growing up with a drunken father and a philandering mother.
    2. 1.2 Caused by or showing the effects of drink.
      the man's drunken, slurred speech
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If it's a holiday of drunken debauchery you want, this is not your dream destination.
      • Alex's voice, though not yet slurred, was obviously beginning to take on a drunken edge.
      • It happened one night when he returned from a family party in a drunken stupor, brandishing a shotgun and threatening to kill his wife and child.
      • Not only was Paul frightened of his father's drunken wrath, all the children were.
      • I explained that it was his father, my husband, on one of his drunken rampages.
      • I am supposed to be writing a drunken blog post but I'm not drunk.
      • It was then that she noticed that his voice was completely clear of any drunken slur.
      • Pauline went on to say that others, in a drunken stupor, regularly use the estate as a toilet and not just for urinating.
      • For some reason I wasn't charged but several other players were asked to pay their huge hotel bar bills after a night of drunken debauchery.
      • Will longer drinking hours mean more drunken violence and alcohol-fuelled bad behaviour?
      • Before that, he regularly witnessed his father beat his mother in fits of drunken rage.
      • When he got around to telling about his drunken speech, Theresa saw her next opening.
      • It feels strange watching him, now that I know many times that drunken slur was faked.
      • They flee the dacha when the father is shot by Mikhail in a drunken misunderstanding.
      • Police found him at the flat, almost naked and in a drunken stupor.
      • Her mother shot and killed her alcoholic father in self-defence during a drunken argument in front of their daughter.
      • Their warning comes as the Government has announced a crackdown on binge drinking and drunken anti-social behaviour.
      • The spectacle that is the weekly toga party can only be described as complete drunken debauchery.
      • Even the poignantly romantic In the Still of the Night comes a little oddly at the end of a second act filled with allegations of drunken debauchery.
      • Ama went through the door of her house still in enough of a drunken daze to forget that her father was not the kind to let her get to her room before unloading on her.
      Synonyms
      debauched, dissipated, riotous, carousing, revelling, roistering, uproarious, unruly, intemperate, unrestrained, uninhibited, abandoned

Origin

Old English, archaic past participle of drink.

 
 
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