1. 1微醺地、帶著醉意地(形容動作,例如「他微醺地笑著」)

    In the manner of someone who is a little bit drunk — not falling-down drunk, just loose, warm, and slightly wobbly. It describes HOW an action is done: swaying a little, laughing too easily, speaking a bit too loudly or too freely.

    In the manner以...的樣子 of someone一個人的樣子 who is a little bit drunk有點喝醉的 — not falling-down drunk不是醉到站不穩, just loose, warm, and slightly wobbly只是放鬆、暖呼呼、有點搖搖晃晃. It描述的是 describes HOW an action is done一個動作是「怎麼」做的: swaying a little稍微搖晃, laughing too easily太容易笑出來, speaking a bit too loudly or too freely說話有點太大聲或太隨便.

    It is a fairly literary, written-English word; in ordinary speech people are far more likely to say "a bit drunk" or "a little " and rearrange the sentence.

    It is這 a fairly literary, written-English word是個相當書面、偏書寫英文的字; in ordinary speech在一般口語裡 people人們 are far more likely to say更可能會說 "a bit drunk"「有點醉」 or "a little tipsy"或「a little tipsy」 and rearrange the sentence然後把句子重新排.

    When a writer chooses "tipsily", the tone is almost always light and rather than critical — you would not use it about someone with a serious drinking problem, and it would sound strange describing an ugly, angry drunk. Because it points at the pleasant, harmless end of drunkenness, it often carries a smile with it.

    When a writer chooses "tipsily"當作者選用「tipsily」時, the tone語氣 is almost always light and affectionate幾乎都是輕鬆又帶感情的 rather than critical而不是批評的 — you would not use it你不會用它 about someone with a serious drinking problem來說一個有嚴重酒癮問題的人, and it would sound strange而且會顯得很怪 describing an ugly, angry drunk如果拿它形容一個醜態畢露、暴怒的醉漢. Because it points at因為它指向的是 the pleasant, harmless end of drunkenness醉意裡令人愉快、無害的那一端, it often carries a smile with it它常常帶著一點微笑.

core核心畫面

組成tipsy + -ly. The ending -ly turns an adjective into an adverb — it changes "what someone is like" into "how someone does something": quick → quickly, happy → happily, tipsy → tipsily. Note the spelling rule: a word ending in -y after a consonant changes the y to i before -ly.

同家族的字

  • tipsythe adjective this is built from
  • tipsinessthe same root with -ness instead, naming the state itself
  • happilysame -y → -ily spelling change when -ly is added

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

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    In a tipsy manner.

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