| 单词 | thesaurus/articles/to-drink |
| 释义 | Thesaurus article:to drinkto drinkThe most common word for taking liquid into your body through your mouth isdrink. What would you like to drink? I drink milk at breakfast. What are you drinking? The verbhaveis also very common and is often used instead ofdrink. I don't let the children have sweet fizzy drinks. I'll just have a cup of coffee before we go out. If someone drinks something taking only a small amount at a time, the verbsipis often used. She sipped the tea carefully because it was hot. The informal verbswigis often used when someone takes a large amount into their mouth. He was swigging milk from the bottle. When someone drinks something very quickly, you can usegulporgulp down. Stop gulping your water! She gulped down the rest of her coffee and then left. Slurpcan be used in informal language when someone drinks in a noisy way. The children were eating pizza and slurping lemonade. You can also use the verbquaffto refer to drinking something quickly or in large amounts.Quaffis old-fashioned. He quaffed his cordial and sat in silence. You can use the formal wordimbibein a humorous way to talk about drinking, thoughimbibeis usually used to describe drinking alcohol. Imbibing down the pub, are we? And what have you decided to imbibe this evening? |
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