alcoholic

US: /ˌæɫkəˈhɑɫɪk/

UK: /ˌælkəhˈɒlɪk/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

alcoholic /,ælkə'hɔlik/
  • tính từ
    • (thuộc) rượu; có chất rượu; gây nên bởi rượu
      • alcoholic drinks: đồ uống có rượu
      • alcoholic solution: dung dịch rượu
  • danh từ
    • người nghiện rượu

Advanced English dictionary

adjective, noun
+ adjective
1 connected with or containing alcohol: alcoholic drinks
2 caused by drinking alcohol: The guests left in an alcoholic haze.
+ noun (also AmE informal lush) a person who regularly drinks too much alcohol and cannot easily stop drinking, so that it has become an illness

Thesaurus dictionary

adj.
1 intoxicating, inebriating:
His doctor has forbidden him any alcoholic beverage.
n.
2 drunkard, drunk, dipsomaniac, sot, toper, drinker, winebibber, serious or problem drinker, tippler, Colloq barfly, soak, Slang boozer, alchy or alkie or alky, dipso, stew, rummy, US and Canadian lush, booze-hound, wino:
The community runs a centre for rehabilitating alcoholics.

Collocation

ADJ.

chronic | reformed

VERB + ALCOHOLIC

become, turn into
Howe was turning into an alcoholic because of the stress of his job.

ALCOHOLIC + VERB

dry out, recover
I don't think an alcoholic can dry out without proper medical help.


Concise dictionary

alcoholics‚ælkə'hɒlɪk
noun
+a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
adj.
+characteristic of or containing alcohol
+addicted to alcohol

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