单词 | teetotal |
释义 | teetotal —teetotally, adv. /tee toht"l, tee"toht'l/, adj. , v. teetotaled, teetotaling or (esp. Brit.) teetotalled, teetotalling. adj. 1. of or pertaining to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink. 2. Informal. absolute; complete. v.i. 3. to practice teetotalism. [reduplicated var. of TOTAL, coined by R. Turner, of Preston, England, in 1833, in a speech advocating total abstinence from alcoholic drinks] |
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