drink

drink
[drɪŋk] n
1) no pl (liquid nourishment) Trinken nt;
to have no food or \drink nichts zu essen und zu trinken haben
2) (amount) Getränk nt;
can I get you a \drink? kann ich Ihnen etwas zu trinken bringen?;
a \drink of coffee/juice/milk ein Schluck m Kaffee/Saft/Milch;
soft \drink Softdrink m, alkoholfreies Getränk;
to fill [or top off] sb's \drink jdm nachschenken;
to have a \drink etw trinken
3) no pl (alcohol) Alkohol m;
he came home smelling of \drink er kam mit einer [Alkohol]fahne nach Hause
4) (alcoholic drink) Drink m, Gläschen nt;
I do like a \drink occasionally hin und wieder trinke ich schon mal ganz gern ein Schlückchen;
have we got time for a quick \drink? haben wir noch Zeit für ein schnelles Gläschen?;
\drinks pl Getränke ntpl;
come for \drinks on Saturday kommen Sie doch am Samstag auf einen Drink vorbei;
whose turn is it to buy the \drinks? wer gibt die nächste Runde aus?
5) no pl (excessive alcohol consumption) Trinken nt, Saufen nt (fam)
\drink was his ruin der Alkohol war sein Verderben;
to drive sb to \drink jdn zum Trinker/zur Trinkerin machen;
to take to \drink mit dem Trinken anfangen, sich dat das Trinken angewöhnen
6) (fam);
the \drink das Meer vi <drank, drunk>
1) (consume liquid) trinken;
what would you like to \drink? was möchten Sie trinken?
2) (consume alcohol) [Alkohol] trinken;
to \drink heavily viel trinken, saufen (sl)
to \drink moderately [or in moderation] maßvoll [o in Maßen] trinken;
to \drink and drive unter Alkoholeinfluss [o nach dem Trinken] fahren;
to \drink to sb/sth auf jdn/etw trinken [o anstoßen];
I'll \drink to that darauf trinke ich; (fig) dem kann ich nur zustimmen;
3) (pej: have alcohol problem) trinken (pej)
her husband \drinks ihr Mann ist ein Trinker;
to \drink like a fish saufen (sl), sich akk voll laufen lassen (fam)
he \drinks like a fish er säuft wie ein Loch (sl) vt <drank, drunk>
1) (consume beverage)
to \drink sth etw trinken;
to \drink a bottle of wine/a glass of water eine Flasche Wein/ein Glas Wasser trinken;
to \drink one's fill seinen Durst löschen;
to \drink one's soup seine Suppe essen
2) (consume alcohol)
to \drink sth etw trinken;
to \drink a toast to sb/sth auf jdn/etw trinken;
to \drink sb under the table jdn unter den Tisch trinken;
to \drink oneself to death sich akk zu Tode saufen [o totsaufen] (sl)
to \drink oneself into a stupor sich akk bis zur Besinnungslosigkeit betrinken
3) (absorb moisture)
to \drink sth etw aufsaugen;
my car \drinks petrol mein Auto schluckt viel Benzin (fam)
to \drink water Wasser [ver]brauchen;
these plants \drink amazing amounts of water diese Pflanzen brauchen erstaunlich viel Wasser

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