英汉词典

alcohol 基本解释

• n. 酒精，乙醇

alcohol 词态变化

alcohol 中文词源

来自阿拉伯语。al, 阿拉伯定冠词。-cohol, 同kohl, 眼影粉末，由矿物质提炼而来，喻指精华。转指酒，由谷物提炼的精华。

alcohol 英文词源

alcohol

alcohol: [16] Originally, alcohol was a powder, not a liquid. The word comes from Arabic alkuhul, literally ‘the kohl’ – that is, powdered antimony used as a cosmetic for darkening the eyelids. This was borrowed into English via French or medieval Latin, and retained this ‘powder’ meaning for some centuries (for instance, ‘They put between the eyelids and the eye a certain black powder made of a mineral brought from the kingdom of Fez, and called Alcohol’, George Sandys, Travels 1615).

But a change was rapidly taking place: from specifically ‘antimony’, alcohol came to mean any substance obtained by sublimation, and hence ‘quintessence’. Alcohol of wine was thus the ‘quintessence of wine’, produced by distillation or rectification, and by the middle of the 18th century alcohol was being used on its own for the intoxicating ingredient in strong liquor.

The more precise chemical definition (a compound with a hydroxyl group bound to a hydrocarbon group) developed in the 19th century.
=> kohl

alcohol (n.)

1540s (early 15c. as alcofol), "fine powder produced by sublimation," from Medieval Latin alcohol "powdered ore of antimony," from Arabic al-kuhul "kohl," the fine metallic powder used to darken the eyelids, from kahala "to stain, paint." The al- is the Arabic definite article, "the."

"Powdered cosmetic" was the earliest sense in English; definition broadened 1670s to "any sublimated substance, the pure spirit of anything," including liquids. Modern sense of "intoxicating ingredient in strong liquor" is first recorded 1753, short for alcohol of wine, which was extended to "the intoxicating element in fermented liquors." In organic chemistry, the word was extended 1850 to the class of compounds of the same type as this.

alcohol 英文释义

1. a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent;

"alcohol (or drink) ruined him"

2. any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

alcohol 双语例句

1. In 1985, he began to show signs of alcohol and drug dependency.

在1985年，他开始表现出酗酒嗜毒的迹象。

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2. Many motor accidents are the result of unthinkingly mixing speed and alcohol.

许多机动车事故都是不计后果地酒后开快车造成的。

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3. He was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

他因涉嫌酒后驾驶被捕。

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4. He was too high on drugs and alcohol to remember them.

他吸毒酗酒后处于极度兴奋状态，已经记不得他们了。

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5. Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic.

苦中带甜的酒发挥了奇效，我们的精神随之振奋起来。

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alcohol 实用场景例句

He never drinks alcohol.

他从来不喝酒。

牛津词典

alcohol abuse

酗酒

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Wine contains about 10% alcohol.

葡萄酒含有约10%的酒精。

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levels of alcohol in the blood

血液中酒精含量

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He pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol.

他对过量饮酒后驾车一事表示服罪。

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low-alcohol beer

酒精度低的啤酒

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alcohol-free beer

不含酒精的啤酒

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Products for dry skin have little or no alcohol.

用于干性皮肤的产品含酒精较少或不含酒精。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Do either of you smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol?...

你们俩有人吸烟或喝酒吗？

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No alcohol is allowed on the premises.

场内禁止带酒。

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...low-alcohol beer...

低醇啤酒

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He's had a drop too much of alcohol to drink.

他多喝了一杯酒,醉了.

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Sugar is added to the wine during fermentation to increase the alcohol level.

发酵时在葡萄酒里加糖以提高酒精浓度.

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His breath reeked of alcohol.

他口中带有浓烈的酒臭气.

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Is it legal for boys of that age to drink alcohol?

这个年龄的男孩喝酒合法 吗 ?

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Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol.

许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来.

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He drank a massive amount of alcohol.

他喝了大量的烈酒.

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Alcohol lessens resistance to diseases.

含有酒精的饮料会减弱对疾病的抵抗力.

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This spirit contains 50 per cent alcohol.

这种酒50度.

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The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.

法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料.

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According to the rules, no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.

按照规定, 场内不准饮酒.

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Too much alcohol is bad for the system.

过量饮酒对身体有害.

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The customs are looking for such things as drugs or alcohol.

海关人员只查找毒品、酒类这样的东西.

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Camphor dissolves in alcohol, but not in water.

樟脑溶于酒精而不溶于水

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The drug is not harmful per se, but is dangerous when taken with alcohol.

这种药本身无害，但与酒同服就危险了。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

a law prohibiting the sale of alcohol

禁止售酒的法令

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It is now accepted that men should limit themselves to 20 units of alcohol a week.

现在人们已经接受，男性一周饮酒量不应超过20个单位。

柯林斯例句

A newspaper half jested: Had alcohol not already killed him, this would surely drive him to drink.

一份报纸半开玩笑地写道：要不是喝酒已经要了他的命，这肯定会让他想要喝上一杯。

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