Word · Frequency #23572
tipsy
微醉的；微醺的
slightly intoxicated
- 1.
Unsteady, askew.
不稳定的；歪斜的。
- 2.
slightly intoxicated
微醉的
- 3.
unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated
不稳定的,像喝醉了一样容易倾倒的
不稳定的；歪斜的。；微醉的；不稳定的,像喝醉了一样容易倾倒的；喝醉的；倾斜的
In use
After two glasses of wine, she felt a little tipsy and started laughing at everything.
He was too tipsy to walk in a straight line, so his friend helped him home.
I had only one beer, but I already felt tipsy because I hadn't eaten all day.
a tipsy boat
be tipsy
tipsy 指轻微醉酒，程度比 drunk 轻。
After two glasses of wine, she was slightly tipsy.
喝了两杯葡萄酒后，她有点微醺了。
get tipsy
get tipsy 强调由清醒进入微醉的状态。
He got tipsy at the party and started laughing a lot.
他在派对上喝得微醺，开始大笑起来。
Connections
Collocations
- slightly tipsy
- 微醺的，有点醉的
- After one glass of wine, she was slightly tipsy.喝了一杯葡萄酒后，她有点微醺。
- a little tipsy
- 有点醉，微醺
- He felt a little tipsy after the beer.喝了啤酒后他感觉有点醉。
- get tipsy
- 喝到微醺，有点醉
- It doesn't take much to get tipsy on champagne.喝香槟很容易让人微醺。
- feeling tipsy
- 感觉微醺，有点醉意
- I'm feeling tipsy already, so I'll stop drinking.我已经感觉微醺了，所以就不喝了。
- quite tipsy
- 相当醉，醉意明显
- By midnight, everyone was quite tipsy.到了午夜，大家都醉意明显了。
- tipsy driver
Learner notes
Memory Tip
微醉的人走路会“tip”（倾斜），tipsy 就是 tip 加上后缀，记住：喝到微醺，脚步倾斜。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：朋友聚会、日常聊天、描述喝酒后的状态 tipsy 是口语化、轻松的说法，指微醉、有点醉意，通常用于非正式场合，比如朋友间聊天或描述聚会上喝酒后的状态。日常对话中比较常见，正式写作中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
读音匹配：gypsy（也拼作 gipsy）/ˈdʒɪpsi/ 与 tipsy 押韵。注意不要被拼写误导：autopsy /ˈɔːtɑːpsi/、biopsy /ˈbaɪɑːpsi/、flimsy /ˈflɪmzi/、dizzy /ˈdɪzi/、spicy /ˈspaɪsi/ 只是词形或结尾相似，读音并不相同。
Learn the forms together
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