英语词汇“teetotaller”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

teetotaller

释义

teetotal /tē-tōˈt(ə)l/

adjective

Abstaining totally from alcoholic drink
Out-and-out, complete (dialect)

noun

A total abstainer
A principle, movement or pledge of total abstinence (rare)

ORIGIN: Teetotally prob established first as a facetious or emphatic reduplicative form of totally; teetotal subsequently used in a speech by Richard Turner of Preston in 1833 advocating abstinence

teetōˈtalism noun

teetōˈtaller noun

A total abstainer from alcoholic drink

teetōˈtally adverb

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