在饭桌上,如果有人说you are a
lightweight是什么意思呢?难到是轻量级的人?如果这样理解,就大错特错了,lightweight有轻量级的意思,但是在饭桌上,却有另外一层意思哦。
1、lightweight /ˈlaɪtweɪt/ n. 轻量级, 无足轻重的人,酒量不好的人、容易喝醉的人
例句:
By the age of sixteen he was the junior lightweight champion of Poland。
16岁时他已经是波兰的青少年组轻量级冠军。
Hill considered Sam a lightweight, a real amateur.希尔认为萨姆无足轻重,是个十足的生手。
Dean was a lightweight. He could be drunk with just one
beer.迪恩是个酒量不好的人,他只喝一杯啤酒就能醉倒。
2、a heavy drinker or big drinker 酒量好的人或酗酒的人/酒鬼
Tom's father is a heavy drinker. He goes to bars every night.
汤姆的爸爸是个酒鬼。他每天晚上都去酒吧。
But in his life in the u. s., few knew him as a heavy drinker.
但他在美国生活时认识他的人中,没有什么人知道他是一个酗酒的人。
3、drink sb. under the table 把某人灌醉;比...酒量好
例句:
You pride yourselves on your capacity, but he can drink you all under the
table.
你以为自己酒量无比,他能喝过你们所有的人。
I bet I can drink you under the table in a bar.
我打赌我比你会喝。
4、drink down beer like a fish 很会喝
例句:This woman always drink down beer like a fish.
这个女人很会喝啤酒。
5、You're so wasted/get wasted 喝醉
例句:
Pikachu was completely wasted after only one drink.
皮卡丘只喝了一杯就完全醉倒了。
When someone gets wasted, he could do crazy things.
当一个人喝醉的时候,他会做一些疯狂的事情。