drinkle

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown. transitive
    — We built a fire in the huge fireplace, then sat around drinkling bootleg beer and whiskey, compliments of Joe himself, Valley High's greatest athlete.
  2. To drink an alcoholic beverage; also, to become intoxicated; to get drunk. intransitive
    — 'Get this one into bed and it's a royal flush!' His face twinkled, his gums sparkled, his eyes kindled, his brow darkened. I bridled and bristled, nettled and rankled, then drinkled and drankled some more.
  3. To drown. intransitive
    — And the Mercury states that "the heavy rain drenched the field, and most betook themselves to a retreat, but the rats were all drinkled".

词形变化

drinkles present,singular,third-person drinkling participle,present drinkled participle,past drinkled past drenkle alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
drinkling

词源

From Middle English drinklen, drinkelen, drenklen (“to plunge, drown”), from Old English *drenclian (“to drown”), frequentative form of Old English drenċan (“to give to drink, give drink to, drench, make drunk, ply with drink; soak, saturate; submerge, drown, plunge; sink”), equivalent to drink + -le and drench + -le. Compare dronkle, drunkle.
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