quaff

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kwɒf/    美 /kwɑf/|/kwɔf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of quaffing; a deep draught.
  2. Misspelling of coif. alt-of,misspelling
    — There were loverbird songs and loverbird trinkets, loverbird hats and pins, bangles and baubles, coins and quaffs and tidbits.
动词 v.
  1. To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
    — I can't believe you quaffed four pints of beer and could still drive!

词形变化

quaffs present,singular,third-person quaffing participle,present quaffed participle,past quaffed past quaffs plural

词源

Uncertain. Suggestions include connection with Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”) (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb.
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