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dipsomaniac

/dip-suh-mey-nee-ak, -soh-/US // ˌdɪp səˈmeɪ niˌæk, -soʊ- //UK // (ˌdɪpsəʊˈmeɪnɪˌæk) //

潜水狂人,潜水员,潜水者,潜水狂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person with alcoholism or alcohol use disorder, especially characterized by an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drinks.

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Examples

  • The present Duke had none of the spirit or sense of his ancestors, and was, moreover, a dipsomaniac.

  • The drunkard who drinks in spite of himself is, strictly speaking, a dipsomaniac, and is diseased and insane.

  • In a small room on the roof lived a Hindustani hospital assistant—the gentlemanly dipsomaniac whom I have already introduced.

  • If Fate had really marked him out for a dipsomaniac, was it any use his fighting against what must inevitably be his destiny?

  • There Grogan succeeded in convincing him of the folly of engaging in a street argument with a dipsomaniac he did not know.