be an alky
非正式用语
He's an alky.
他是个酒鬼。
酒鬼;酗酒者
习惯性过量饮酒的人;(=alcohol)酒精
alcoholic
习惯性过量饮酒的人
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
After losing his job, he turned into an alky who drank every night.
失业后,他变成了一个每晚都喝酒的酒鬼。
用法提示:句中 alky 是名词,指酗酒成性的人。
The old alky sat on the bench with a bottle in a brown paper bag.
那个老酒鬼坐在长椅上,手里拿着一个装在牛皮纸袋里的瓶子。
用法提示:alky 作名词,表示‘酒鬼’。
The neighborhood alkies gathered outside the bar every evening.
街坊里的酒鬼们每天晚上都聚集在酒吧外面。
用法提示:alkies 是 alky 的复数形式,作名词表‘酒鬼们’。
非正式用语
He's an alky.
他是个酒鬼。
He became an alky after losing his job.
他在失业后成了一个酒鬼。
Alkies often have health problems.
酒鬼通常有健康问题。
grammar · medium
易错句子He drinks an alky every day.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is very alky.
正确表达He is an alky.
alky是名词,不是形容词,表示‘酒鬼’时需加冠词。
alky 是口语俚语,指嗜酒者;alcoholic 是正式临床用语,指酒精成瘾者。
alky 指嗜酒者本人,alcohol 指酒类饮品。
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