teetotal

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who abstains from drinking alcohol.
    — Hubert is trying to persuade James, a strict Presbyterian and teetotal, to come into the pub.
动词 v.
  1. To advocate or practice the total abstinence from alcohol. intransitive,uncommon
形容词 adj.
  1. Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.
    — There is absolutely a teetotal society here in the heart of the mountains, and some quarrelsome drunkards have become reformed!
  2. Opposed to the drinking of alcohol.
  3. Total. dated,emphatic
    — That's a teetotal lie.

词形变化

more teetotal comparative most teetotal superlative teetotals plural teetotals present,singular,third-person teetotaling US,participle,present teetotalling UK,participle,present teetotaled US,participle,past teetotaled US,past teetotalled UK,participle,past teetotalled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词
antiteetotal teetotaler teetotalism teetotalist teetotalistic teetotaller teetotalling teetotally unteetotal
相关词
abstain temperance

词源

词源 1
From total, the reduplicated tee acts as an intensifier, hence T-total. First use appears in 1834.
词源 2
From total, the reduplicated tee acts as an intensifier, hence T-total. First use appears in 1834.
词源 3
From total, the reduplicated tee acts as an intensifier, hence T-total. First use appears in 1834.
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