Word · Frequency #10064

lush

/lʌʃ/

noun

酒鬼；酗酒者

a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

习惯性酗酒的人；酒；酒鬼

In use

After losing his job, he became a lush and drank every night.

失业后，他变成了一个酒鬼，每天晚上都喝酒。

The bar owner threw out the lushes who were starting a fight.

酒吧老板把那些闹事的酒鬼赶了出去。

Her brother is a lush, so she hides the wine when he comes over.

她哥哥是个酒鬼，所以当他过来时她会把酒藏起来。

a habitual lush: 习惯性酗酒的人; He was a habitual lush who started drinking at noon.他是个习惯性酗酒的人，中午就开始喝酒。
a hopeless lush: 不可救药的酒鬼; After losing his job, he became a hopeless lush.失业后，他成了一个不可救药的酒鬼。
be a lush: 是个酒鬼; She used to be a lush but has been sober for a decade.她过去是个酒鬼，但已经戒酒十年了。
turn into a lush: 变成酒鬼; He drank socially for years before turning into a lush.他多年来只是社交性喝酒，后来却变成了酒鬼。
a notorious lush: 出了名的酒鬼; The writer was a notorious lush who claimed alcohol fueled his creativity.这位作家是个出了名的酒鬼，自称酒精激发了他的创造力。

联想 flush（脸红）：酒鬼喝多了脸红，去掉 f 就是 lush。

语域：informal 常见场景：informal conversation、casual writing lush 作名词时多用于非正式口语，指习惯性酗酒的人，常带贬义；在正式或医学语境中通常改用 alcoholic 或 person with alcohol use disorder。

hush, rush, blush, flush, brush, plush 与 lush 押韵（/ʌʃ/）。注意 push /pʊʃ/ 和 bush /bʊʃ/ 拼写相似但元音不同，不押韵。

Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

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。

Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.