punch-drunk
معنی کامل و مثالها
/punch´druŋk´/adj.
● (پزشکی) مشت مستی (راه رفتن بیتوازن و آهسته و صحبت پر مکث و اختلال فکری در اثر خوردن مشت بسیار به سر - به ویژه در میان مشت بازان)
● (عامیانه) سر بهوایی، گیجی
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'punch' comes from the Hindi word 'pañc' meaning 'five', referring to the five ingredients traditionally used in punch recipes. The word 'drunk' comes from the Old English word 'druncen' meaning 'intoxicated'.
مثال
- The boxer stumbled around the ring, punch-drunk from the blows.
- He suffered from punch-drunk syndrome after years of boxing.
- The doctor diagnosed him with punch-drunk syndrome.
ترکیبهای رایج
Be punch-drunk Suffer from punch-drunk syndrome Diagnose punch-drunk syndrome Show signs of being punch-drunk
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- dazed from or as if from repeated blows “knocked silly by the impact” “slaphappy with exhaustion”