alcoholiday

名词 n.
/ˌælkəˈhɒlɪdeɪ/    /ˌælkəˈhɒləˌdeɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A holiday or leisure time spent drinking alcohol. humorous,informal
    — [N]ow you see we are out on a frolic, a spree,—on an alcoholiday. See it?
  2. A period of time during which one intentionally abstains from drinking alcohol. humorous,informal,rare
    — For skin disorders, we sometimes fix the diet by ordering the patient off the Seven Deadly C's—cocktails, coffee, chocolate, condiments, carbohydrates, cigarettes, and cheese. We often add an admonition to take an alcoholiday.

词形变化

alcoholidays plural

词源

Etymology tree
Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor.
Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor.
Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl)
Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor.
Medieval Latin alcoholder.
Middle English alcofol
English alcohol
Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos
Proto-Germanic *hailaz
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-Germanic *hailagaz
Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-?
Proto-Germanic *dagaz
Proto-Germanic *hailagadagaz
Old English hāliġdæġ
Middle English halyday
English holiday
blend
English alcoholiday
Blend of alcohol + holiday.
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