Tra từ alcohol - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 places where people go to buy and drink alcohol
2 drinks made with alcohol
3 drinking alcohol
4 not drinking alcohol
5 making alcohol

1 places where people go to buy and drink alcohol
- a place in a hotel, restaurant, club, etc where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks: bar
I'll meet you downstairs in the bar. ◎ a theatre bar
- a building where people go to meet their friends and drink: pub (AmE bar), (formal) public house
We're going down to the pub for a drink.
- a shop where you can buy alcohol: off-licence (AmE package store)
※ more on bars and pubs BAR/PUB

2 drinks made with alcohol
- drinks made with alcohol: (alcoholic) drink (AmE liquor)(noun U), (informal) booze (noun U)
We must get some drink for the party.
- strong alcoholic drinks: spirits (noun plural) (AmE hard liquor, noun U )
I never drink spirits, only beer and wine.
- a drink made from grain: beer; a type of light beer: lager
- a drink made from grapes: wine
- a drink made from apples: cider
※ more on beer and wine BEER, WINE
- a strong brown drink made from grain: whisky (AmE whiskey); whisky which comes from Scotland: Scotch; a type of whiskey made in the USA: bourbon
- a strong dark brown drink made from wine: brandy
- a strong colourless drink often drunk with tonic water: gin
- a strong colourless drink typically from Russia: vodka
Note: beer, wine, etc can be used as uncountable nouns:
Do you like Australian wine? ◎ My favourite drink is Scotch on the rocks (= Scotch whisky with ice).
There's some beer in the fridge. If used as countable nouns, the meaning is 'a type of' or 'a glass of':
This is an excellent brandy (= a good type of brandy).
Would you like a beer (= a glass of beer) ?
- a drink that people have before a meal: aperitif
Shall we have an aperitif?
- a strong sweet drink that is usually drunk in small quantities after a meal: liqueur
- a drink containing a mixture of alcoholic drinks, fruit juices, etc: cocktail
- a mixture of different drinks made in a large container at a party: punch

3 drinking alcohol
- to drink alcohol: drink*, have a drink
He drinks too much. ◎ She was sitting in the bar having a drink.
- to express good wishes before having an alcoholic drink, people sometimes say cheers
They raised their glasses to each other and said 'cheers'.
- (used about a drink) containing twice as much as the usual amount: double, large
a double brandy ◎ a large whisky and soda
- (used about a strong alcoholic drink) served with nothing added: neat
neat vodka ◎ No water, thanks. I'll drink it neat.
※ people who drink a lot of alcohol
- a person who drinks a lot of alcohol is a (heavy) drinker
- a person who often drinks too much is a drunkard
- a person who needs alcohol every day is an alcoholic; the medical condition is alcoholism (noun U)
the social costs of alcoholism
※ when people drink too much
- if sb drinks too much, they get* drunk
Peter got really drunk last night.
- a person who has drunk too much is drunk, (informal) pissed, (formal) intoxicated
It was a good party - no one got really drunk.
- very drunk: blind drunk, (informal) plastered
'Was he drunk?' 'Absolutely plastered.'
- a person starts feeling the effects of alcohol when it goes* to their head
She only had one drink but it went straight to her head.
- having drunk too much alcohol, or showing the effects of too much alcohol: drunken (only before a noun); noun (U): drunkenness
I was shouted at by some drunken youths. ◎ drunken singing
- not drunk: sober
I stayed sober last night because I had to drive home.
- to start to feel normal again after being drunk: sober up
He drank some coffee to try and sober up.
- the headache that a person may have after drinking too much: hangover
I couldn't do any work this morning; I had a terrible hangover.
※ drinking and driving DRIVE

4 not drinking alcohol
- containing no alcohol: non-alcoholic; a drink which is non-alcoholic: soft drink
I'd better have something non-alcoholic - I'm driving.
- (used about beer or wine) containing no alcohol or very little alcohol: alcohol-free, low-alcohol
alcohol-free wine
- to drink less alcohol than you normally do: cut* down (on sth)
I won't have a drink thanks - I'm cutting down.
- to not drink alcohol: keep* off sth
The doctor told me to keep off alcohol.
- a person who never drinks alcohol: teetotaller (AmE teetotaler); adjective: teetotal
She never drinks - she's teetotal.

5 making alcohol
- to change chemically: ferment; noun (U): fermentation
As a result of fermentation, the sugar changes to alcohol.
- the main process used in making whisky, gin, etc: distilling (noun U); verb: distil sth
- a place where whisky, gin, etc are made: distillery
※ making beer and wine BEER, WINE