Carouse



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.狂饮寻乐
• ［英］ n.狂饮寻乐 ( a noisy, merry drinking party)
• ［类］ roisterer : carouse / recluse : withdraw ( 喝酒喧哗者狂欢作乐 / 隐士隐居)
• ［记］ carous原意为干杯, 分拆为car-rouse, 开着汽车欢闹

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French carrousse, from carous, adverb, all out (in boire carous to empty the cup), from German gar aus
• Date: 1559
• 1. archaic a large draft of liquor ; toast
• 2. a drunken revel

II. verb (caroused; carousing)

• Date: 1566
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to drink liquor freely or excessively
  • 2. to take part in a carouse ; engage in dissolute behavior
• transitive verb
  • obsolete to drink up ; quaff
• ? carouser noun

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