Word
alky
/ˈælki/
noun
酒鬼;酗酒者
alcoholic
- 1.
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
习惯性过量饮酒的人
习惯性过量饮酒的人;(=alcohol)酒精
In use
After losing his job, he turned into an alky who drank every night.
The old alky sat on the bench with a bottle in a brown paper bag.
The neighborhood alkies gathered outside the bar every evening.
be an alky
非正式用语
He's an alky.
他是个酒鬼。
become an alky
He became an alky after losing his job.
他在失业后成了一个酒鬼。
alkies (plural subject)
Alkies often have health problems.
酒鬼通常有健康问题。
Common mistakes
He drinks an alky every day.He drinks alky every day.
alky指酒精时为不可数名词,不能与不定冠词连用。
He is very alky.He is an alky.
alky是名词,不是形容词,表示‘酒鬼’时需加冠词。
Connections
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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