dipsomania

名词 n.
/ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Addiction to alcohol. countable,uncountable
  2. Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol. countable,uncountable
  3. A strong craving for something. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — A most ingenuous youth was Master Snape, round-eyed, round-cheeked, with an ever ready smooth and round unvarnished tale—a youth afflicted with a dipsomania for information.

词形变化

dipsomanias plural

词源

From dipso- (“thirst; drinking”) + -mania.
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