Drinker Meaning in English

word

US

/ˈdɹɪŋkɝ/

DRING-kur

UK

/dɹˈɪŋkɐ/

DRING-kuh

释义

A drinker is a person who drinks, especially someone who often drinks alcohol. The word can describe both casual and heavy drinkers.

用法与细微差别

Most often refers to someone who drinks alcohol. It can be neutral (casual drinker) or negative (heavy drinker, problem drinker). Common collocations: 'social drinker', 'heavy drinker', 'binge drinker'. Not commonly used for drinking non-alcoholic beverages unless context is clear.

• Spanish: bebedor - bebedora
• Portuguese (BR): bebedor - bebedora
• Portuguese (PT): bebedor - bebedora
• Chinese (Simplified): 饮酒者 - 喝酒的人
• Chinese (Traditional): 飲酒者 - 喝酒的人
• Hindi: पीनेवाला - शराबी
• Arabic: شارب
• Bengali: পানকারী - মদ্যপ
• Russian: пьяница - любитель выпить - выпивающий
• Japanese: 飲む人 - 酒飲み
• Vietnamese: người uống rượu - người nhậu
• Korean: 술을 마시는 사람 - 주정뱅이
• Turkish: içici - alkol içicisi
• Urdu: پینے والا - شرابی
• Indonesian: peminum - peminum alkohol

例句

He is not a drinker at all.

basic

My uncle is a heavy drinker.

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Are you a drinker?

basic

She's more of a social drinker – just a glass of wine at dinner.

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The party got out of hand when too many drinkers showed up.

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He's not much of a drinker these days.

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