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highball

/hahy-bawl/US // ˈhaɪˌbɔl //UK // (ˈhaɪˌbɔːl) mainly US //

高球,高脚杯,高球球,高压球

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
    • : Railroads. a signal to start a train, given with the hand or with a lamp.a signal for a train to move at full speed.
    • : Military Slang. a hand salute.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Slang. to move at full speed.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to signal to to proceed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ingreeting
Forms: highballed, highballing
as ingreet
Forms: highballed, highballing

Examples

  • Usually made with gin or bourbon, it’s a similarly tart, bubbly highball, also made with lime and a slightly saline mineral water, also perfect for defying wretched summers.

  • So it only seems fitting to break out the ice and make highballs or other cooling concoctions.

  • Pursuit of happiness at our house involved a highball for Dad and an Old Fashioned for Mom.

  • Having completed her quorum, and distributed her tickets, Mrs. Neff made ready to depart by attacking her highball again.

  • She put out her hand to him, but he did not see it; he set off to find some one to lead him to a Scotch highball.

  • Say, they had a highball or that,—all he had to do was to drop the tiniest speck from the little vial into the drink.

  • I believe you had reached the highball incident in your recital.

  • It is not particularly significant that I started the summer on Highball and ended it on Budweiser.