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dram

/dram/US // dræm //UK // (dræm) //

戏剧,戏剧性的,戏剧性地,戏剧性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : Measurements. a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 ounce.1/16 ounce, avoirdupois weight. Abbreviation: dr., dr
    • : fluid dram.
    • : a small drink of liquor.
    • : a small quantity of anything.
v.无主动词 verb
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    drammed, dram·ming.

    • : Archaic. to drink drams; tipple.
v.有主动词 verb
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    drammed, dram·ming.

    • : Archaic. to ply with drink.

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Examples

  • The Hakushu 12 was a little peaty and nutty, the kind of dram I want to unwind with after a fine restaurant meal.

  • The umpires, having partaken of a dram, shook hands and departed, as they had to drive out of town that night.

  • A grave-digger was carrying one of these deceased angels to the churchyard, when he stept into a tavern to take a dram.

  • They must have a dram together in a stall removed from the congregation of steaming men at the long bar.

  • What avails the dram of brandy while it swims chemically united with its barrel of wort?

  • Morsfield poured out for the injured countess or no-countess a dram of the brandy of passion, under the breath.