alcoholic drink 酒精饮料 Now he’s off the booze (= he has given up drinking alcohol), he’s a different person. 现在他戒酒了,变了一个人。
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2, Drinksc2He turned to booze (= started drinking a lot of alcohol) when his wife died. 妻子死后,他开始酗酒。 He was dry for years but now he's back on the booze. 他多年不沾酒,但现在又开始喝了。 I could smell booze on his breath. 我能从他的呼吸中闻到酒味。 She's been off the booze for a month now. 到现在她已经一个月滴酒不沾了。 She's still trying to kick the booze. 她仍在努力戒酒。 There was free booze at the party. 聚会上有免费的酒水。 We need to take some booze to the party. 我们需要带些酒去参加聚会。 The party was great but we had run out of booze by midnight. 派对办得很成功,但到午夜时我们的酒便不够喝了。 They went to buy some cheap booze. 他们去买了些便宜的酒。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cheap
- free
- smell
- bring
- take
- …
- problem
- cruise
- cruise
- …
- off the booze
- on the booze
Word OriginMiddle English bouse, from Middle Dutch būsen ‘drink to excess’. The spelling booze dates from the 18th cent.