no obj.
- drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way狂饮作乐:
they danced and caroused until the drink ran out
他们跳舞, 狂饮直至酒坛干罄
as noun carousing a night of carousing.一个狂饮作乐之夜。
- a noisy, lively drinking party闹饮, 闹宴:
corporate carouses.
公司狂饮闹宴。
派生词
carousal
nouncarouser
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: originally as an adverb meaning 'right out, completely' in the phrase drink carouse, from German gar aus trinken; hence 'drink heavily, have a drinking bout'.