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quaff

/kwof, kwaf, kwawf/US // kwɒf, kwæf, kwɔf //UK // (kwɒf, kwɑːf) //

饮酒,喝水,饮水,来一杯吧

Related Words

sip啜饮,啜吸,啜泣,抿嘴swill泔水,沼泽,燕窝,醉酒imbibe吸取,吸收,饮用,沉浸于swig喝一口,啜饮,啜吸,啜饮一下gulp咕噜咕噜,吞咽,咕噜噜,咽喉guzzle枪口,口水,枪声,枪口上toss抛出,折腾,扔掉,抛掷partake分享,参与,参加,分担down下来,下,下来的,下降ingurgitate吞咽,吐出,吞噬,摄取sup超,超越,超市,超級swallow燕子,吞下,吞咽,吞食

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to drink copiously and heartily: We spent the whole evening quaffing ale.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of quaffing.
    • : a beverage quaffed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdrink down
Synonyms
gulp咕噜咕噜,吞咽,咕噜噜,咽喉guzzle枪口,口水,枪声,枪口上imbibe吸取,吸收,饮用,沉浸于sip啜饮,啜吸,啜泣,抿嘴swig喝一口,啜饮,啜吸,啜饮一下swill泔水,沼泽,燕窝,醉酒down下来,下,下来的,下降ingurgitate吞咽,吐出,吞噬,摄取partake分享,参与,参加,分担sup超,超越,超市,超級swallow燕子,吞下,吞咽,吞食toss抛出,折腾,扔掉,抛掷

Examples

  • Juicy strawberries, wild herbs and a saline minerality combine for a refreshing, even invigorating quaff.

  • Not that we suspect he suspected Harry was trying to get a cheeky quaff.

  • But is his quaff really as provocative a fashion statement as Mel says it is?

  • There was a settee, a mahogany sideboard, where the former owner was accustomed to quaff his wines and liquors.

  • The champagne seemed to flow in fountains, and was only interrupted that the guests might quaff Burgundy or taste Tokay.

  • I began to quaff new life with the first breath of the balmy air.

  • We put the cup of pleasure to our lips, and quaff, instead of cooling draughts, the fiery flashes of searing excess.

  • There would be no refreshing cup to quaff upon arriving, only water, or at best milk.

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