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单词 drinker
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Definition of drinker in English:

drinker

noun ˈdrɪŋkəˈdrɪŋkər
  • 1A person who drinks a particular drink.

    常喝…饮料的人

    coffee drinkers

    喝咖啡的人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For dedicated coffee drinkers, no ‘instant’ stuff would do.
    • To add to the problem many coffee drinkers have trouble sleeping.
    • And don't ever let a non-coffee drinker make your coffee.
    • Coffee drinkers have a 30 per cent lower risk of Parkinson's disease than non-drinkers.
    • Until manufacturers find a way to keep the flavour fresh for longer - and believe me, they're trying - instant coffee drinkers would do well not to buy big jars.
    • My neighborhood needs a sidewalk cafe for all of us coffee drinkers to congregate.
    • On one day, the coffee drinkers were given a 250-milligram dose of caffeine in the morning and again at lunchtime, equivalent to four cups of coffee in total.
    • Blood pressure went up in the non-coffee drinkers, but not in regular coffee drinkers.
    • Conversations with local coffee drinkers, however, seems to show that location is the most important factor in selecting a java joint.
    • Coffee drinkers in the Middle East usually add cardamom and spices.
    • But it doesn't raise the blood pressure of regular coffee drinkers.
    • These flavors, favorites among coffee and tea drinkers, entice the adult market.
    • But can Starbucks convert a nation of tea drinkers over to coffee?
    • Pewter mugs and tankards were the main vessels for dispensing beer, but the metal did not appeal to drinkers of coffee and tea.
    • A series of recent experiments in America showed that immune system blood cells from tea drinkers responded five times faster to germs than the blood cells of coffee drinkers.
    • As a nation of tea and coffee drinkers (not to mention all that heart-healthy red wine), our teeth take a battering and frequently end up stained or discoloured.
    • But science gives coffee drinkers little reason to worry.
    • While Australians were long known as tea drinkers, coffee and wine have become increasingly popular.
    • Just look at all the coffee drinkers and hamburger eaters.
    • However, assuming the effects are due to caffeine, tea drinkers as well as coffee drinkers will benefit, or suffer, alike.
    1. 1.1 A person who drinks alcohol, especially to excess.
      饮酒者;酗酒者
      a heavy drinker

      酒鬼。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • More than a third of drinkers said they got alcohol from an older person while more than a half said they obtained alcohol in a pub, off-licence or club.
      • No-alcohol zones are being introduced as a result of new legislation, which gives police the powers to seize alcohol and charge nuisance drinkers with a criminal offence.
      • ‘Limiting access to alcohol in underage drinkers is crucial in reducing attempted suicide figures,’ he said.
      • Police officers are cracking down on underage binge drinkers and alcohol-related violence, with target numbers of licensed premises to visit in a shift.
      • The controversial move is one aspect of a massive drive to get doctors to intervene with heavy drinkers before they become chronic alcoholics.
      • Bolton is one of 77 key areas targeted by the government under a summer crackdown on binge drinkers and alcohol-fuelled violence.
      • Off-licences selling alcohol to underage drinkers could be targeted as tough tactics are adopted to stop teenage hoodlums terrorising a town.
      • There are exactly two types of heavy drinkers: drunks and alcoholics.
      • Street drinkers in designated alcohol-free zones who do not surrender their drinks when requested are liable to a £500 fine.
      • Their distributors are fighting back, bringing up arguments such as easy availability of alcohol to underage drinkers.
      • Rates of injury and injury-related death have been shown to be elevated substantially in samples of heavy drinkers and alcoholics.
      • Many assumed that heart failure among Western heavy alcohol drinkers was due to associated nutritional deficiency states.
      • A large number of individuals who do not meet diagnostic criteria for alcoholism are, nonetheless, heavy problem drinkers.
      • It means police can confiscate alcohol from drinkers and simply tip it down the drain.
      • Campaigners said the change to larger measures could mean drinkers unwittingly consuming more alcohol than they thought.
      • We hope the powers given to the police will help them combat nuisance and other problems caused by alcohol and street drinkers.
      • At the other end of the scale are people who become heavy drinkers often because they get little effect from alcohol and initially also get few side effect or hangovers.
      • On inquiry, the establishment explained that they are indeed sorry for being rude but that there are a lot of problems with under-age drinkers demanding alcohol.
      • In my experience, most habitual heavy drinkers are well aware that alcohol does not have a beneficial effect on their health, but reminding them of this does not inhibit their consumption.
      • Interestingly, the largest program for problem drinkers, Alcoholics Anonymous, works squarely against shy people.
      Synonyms
      drunkard, drunk, inebriate, imbiber, tippler, sot, heavy drinker, hard drinker, serious drinker, problem drinker
      alcoholic, dipsomaniac, chronic alcoholic, alcohol-abuser, alcohol addict, person with a drink problem
      informal boozer, soak, lush, wino, alky, sponge, elbow-bender, barfly, tosspot
      US informal juicehead
      Australian/New Zealand informal hophead, metho, grog artist
      archaic toper
      vulgar slang pisshead, piss artist
  • 2A large brownish European moth, the caterpillar of which bears irritant hairs and is noted for drinking dew.

    饮吮蛾

    Euthrix potatoria, family Lasiocampidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Drinker moths are fairly widespread throughout Britain.
    • Male drinker moths, seen in July, are large and reddish-brown with orange veins running through the wings.
  • 3A container from which an animal can drink.

    (供动物用的)饮水器,饮水槽

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When a thirsty bird sees the residual drop of water on the pin, it knows that it should go to the drinker to get water.
    • As your poultry drink from the drinker the level of water drops.

Rhymes

blinker, clinker, finca, freethinker, Glinka, Inca, inker, jinker, shrinker, sinker, Soyinka, stinker, stotinka, thinker, tinker, Treblinka, winker

Definition of drinker in US English:

drinker

nounˈdriNGkərˈdrɪŋkər
  • 1A person who drinks a particular drink.

    常喝…饮料的人

    coffee drinkers

    喝咖啡的人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For dedicated coffee drinkers, no ‘instant’ stuff would do.
    • While Australians were long known as tea drinkers, coffee and wine have become increasingly popular.
    • However, assuming the effects are due to caffeine, tea drinkers as well as coffee drinkers will benefit, or suffer, alike.
    • Pewter mugs and tankards were the main vessels for dispensing beer, but the metal did not appeal to drinkers of coffee and tea.
    • To add to the problem many coffee drinkers have trouble sleeping.
    • Coffee drinkers in the Middle East usually add cardamom and spices.
    • But can Starbucks convert a nation of tea drinkers over to coffee?
    • As a nation of tea and coffee drinkers (not to mention all that heart-healthy red wine), our teeth take a battering and frequently end up stained or discoloured.
    • My neighborhood needs a sidewalk cafe for all of us coffee drinkers to congregate.
    • Blood pressure went up in the non-coffee drinkers, but not in regular coffee drinkers.
    • Until manufacturers find a way to keep the flavour fresh for longer - and believe me, they're trying - instant coffee drinkers would do well not to buy big jars.
    • Conversations with local coffee drinkers, however, seems to show that location is the most important factor in selecting a java joint.
    • These flavors, favorites among coffee and tea drinkers, entice the adult market.
    • A series of recent experiments in America showed that immune system blood cells from tea drinkers responded five times faster to germs than the blood cells of coffee drinkers.
    • But science gives coffee drinkers little reason to worry.
    • Coffee drinkers have a 30 per cent lower risk of Parkinson's disease than non-drinkers.
    • And don't ever let a non-coffee drinker make your coffee.
    • Just look at all the coffee drinkers and hamburger eaters.
    • On one day, the coffee drinkers were given a 250-milligram dose of caffeine in the morning and again at lunchtime, equivalent to four cups of coffee in total.
    • But it doesn't raise the blood pressure of regular coffee drinkers.
    1. 1.1 A person who drinks alcohol, especially to excess.
      饮酒者;酗酒者
      a heavy drinker

      酒鬼。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • On inquiry, the establishment explained that they are indeed sorry for being rude but that there are a lot of problems with under-age drinkers demanding alcohol.
      • Rates of injury and injury-related death have been shown to be elevated substantially in samples of heavy drinkers and alcoholics.
      • It means police can confiscate alcohol from drinkers and simply tip it down the drain.
      • No-alcohol zones are being introduced as a result of new legislation, which gives police the powers to seize alcohol and charge nuisance drinkers with a criminal offence.
      • Campaigners said the change to larger measures could mean drinkers unwittingly consuming more alcohol than they thought.
      • Their distributors are fighting back, bringing up arguments such as easy availability of alcohol to underage drinkers.
      • In my experience, most habitual heavy drinkers are well aware that alcohol does not have a beneficial effect on their health, but reminding them of this does not inhibit their consumption.
      • A large number of individuals who do not meet diagnostic criteria for alcoholism are, nonetheless, heavy problem drinkers.
      • Police officers are cracking down on underage binge drinkers and alcohol-related violence, with target numbers of licensed premises to visit in a shift.
      • Many assumed that heart failure among Western heavy alcohol drinkers was due to associated nutritional deficiency states.
      • There are exactly two types of heavy drinkers: drunks and alcoholics.
      • At the other end of the scale are people who become heavy drinkers often because they get little effect from alcohol and initially also get few side effect or hangovers.
      • Off-licences selling alcohol to underage drinkers could be targeted as tough tactics are adopted to stop teenage hoodlums terrorising a town.
      • More than a third of drinkers said they got alcohol from an older person while more than a half said they obtained alcohol in a pub, off-licence or club.
      • Interestingly, the largest program for problem drinkers, Alcoholics Anonymous, works squarely against shy people.
      • The controversial move is one aspect of a massive drive to get doctors to intervene with heavy drinkers before they become chronic alcoholics.
      • Bolton is one of 77 key areas targeted by the government under a summer crackdown on binge drinkers and alcohol-fuelled violence.
      • ‘Limiting access to alcohol in underage drinkers is crucial in reducing attempted suicide figures,’ he said.
      • Street drinkers in designated alcohol-free zones who do not surrender their drinks when requested are liable to a £500 fine.
      • We hope the powers given to the police will help them combat nuisance and other problems caused by alcohol and street drinkers.
      Synonyms
      drunkard, drunk, inebriate, imbiber, tippler, sot, heavy drinker, hard drinker, serious drinker, problem drinker
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