drunk 1 / drʌŋk /

the past participle of drink

THESAURUS

drunk [名词前不常用] having drunk too much alcohol so that your behaviour and mental processes are affected : Gary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night. | I just hope they don’t get drunk and start fighting. | drunk driving | The police are going to crack down on drunk drivers.

tipsy/merry [名词前不用] slightly drunk : After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.

pissed [名词前不常用] British English informal drunk – this word is very common in spoken British English, but it is not polite : Don’t listen to him – he’s pissed.

intoxicated [名词前不用] formal drunk : He was arrested for driving while intoxicated.

paralytic/legless [名词前不用] British English informal extremely drunk : Don’t give Dave any more to drink – he’s already legless. | They became totally paralytic and abusive.

drunken [仅用于名词前] especially written used to describe someone who is drunk or their behaviour. Drunken is mainly used in written English and is always used before a 名词 . Don’t say ‘he is drunken’. Say he is drunk : A drunken man was found lying outside a shop door. | We found him lying by the roadside in a drunken stupor (= almost unconscious as a result of being drunk ) .