| 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 |