| 单词 |
pie-eyed |
| 释义 |
pie-eyed, a. slang (orig. U.S.).|paɪˈaɪd|
[f. pie n.2 + eyed ppl. a.]
Intoxicated to such an extent that vision is affected; drunk.
1904Ade True Bills 41 They put him down at a Table and sat around him and inhaled the Scotch until they were all Pie-Eyed. 1910S. E. White Rules of Game i. xvii. 103 ‘Oh, he's in town..’ ‘Drunk, eh?’ ‘Spifflicated, pie-eyed, loaded, soshed.’ 1924T.P.'s & Cassell's Weekly 6 Sept. 631/1 He is partial to a ‘shot of gin’, and on occasion will drink till he is ‘pie-eyed’. 1924Wodehouse Ukridge x. 256 What they put in that stuff..I don't know, but the fact remains that the bird almost instantly became perfectly pie-eyed. 1932― Hot Water iii. 89 It is our great fancy costume carnival... Everybody puts on funny clothes and becomes pie-eyed. 1937Daily Express 27 Jan. 19/1 Personally I didn't care if the whole band was pie-eyed, I wanted them to be busy playing good dance music. 1946E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh iv. 225 Why the hell don't you get pie-eyed and celebrate? 1957J. Braine Room at Top xxx. 255 ‘You are pie-eyed, aren't you?’ Eva said. 1959‘J. Christopher’ Scent of White Poppies iii. 43 He was utterly pie-eyed. He could scarcely talk straight. 1970New Yorker 8 Aug. 34/2 Piet, who is pie-eyed drunk and needs to be helped homeward. 1974N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 32 You shouldn't be driving at all, you're pie-eyed. |
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