tipsy
英 [ˈtɪp.si]
美 [ˈtɪp.si]
tipsy 微醉的来自 tip,倾斜,倾倒,-sy,形容词后缀,为-y 特殊用法,如 folksy.
- tipsy (adj.)
- 1570s, from tip (v.1); compare drowsy, flimsy, tricksy. Later associated with tipple. Tipsy-cake (1806) was stale cake saturated with wine or liquor.
- 1. I'm feeling a bit tipsy.
- 我感觉有点微醉。
- 2. The wine has made him a trifle tipsy.
- 这酒喝得他有点醉意了.
- 3. He is a bit tipsy.
- 他已经有几分醉意了.
- 4. We were at a particularly tipsy table.
- 我们这一桌的人喝得特别醉.
- 5. " How could it make me tipsy, Pa?
- " 它怎能让我醉着呢, 爸?