sipper
/ˈsipə(r)/ (ame, mw)
sipper — 名詞
1. a small tool — usually a straw, a narrow plastic spout, or a cup with a special
吸管杯；吸管
用來慢慢吸飲料的小器具
a small tool — usually a straw, a narrow plastic spout, or a cup with a special lid — that lets you draw a drink up slowly through a tiny opening.
Selim handed his toddler a green plastic sipper full of cold water.
Selim 遞給他的小孩一個裝滿冰水的綠色塑膠吸管杯。
common collocation: plastic sipper / sippy cup style
The yoga studio sells stainless-steel sippers that can be washed and reused.
那間瑜伽教室販賣可清洗、可重複使用的不鏽鋼吸管杯。
typical context: reusable / eco-friendly sippers
Ezra packed a coconut-water sipper into the backpack for the long bus ride.
Ezra 把一個椰子水吸管杯放進背包，準備搭長途巴士。
Each cinema seat had a small holder on the side for a popcorn box and a soda sipper.
每個電影院的座位旁都有一個小架子，可以放爆米花盒和汽水吸管杯。
文法句型
a/the sipper
sipper + of + noun
用法筆記
Object is usually a soft, cold drink — water, juice, milk, smoothies, soda. The word leans modern and product-focused; you'll see it on packaging, in gym shops, and on children's cups.
常見錯誤
2. someone who drinks something in small, gentle mouthfuls — often described with t
小口啜飲者
喝飲料時習慣一小口一小口慢慢喝的人
someone who drinks something in small, gentle mouthfuls — often described with the kind of drink they prefer or the slow, steady way they take it.
Ayesha was a slow sipper, making one cup of green tea last the whole meeting.
Ayesha 是個慢慢啜飲的人，一整場會議只喝完一杯綠茶。
common pattern: slow / steady sipper of [drink]
The café owner welcomed quiet sippers who stayed for hours reading novels.
咖啡店老闆很歡迎那些安靜啜飲、坐著看小說好幾個小時的客人。
collocation: quiet sippers in a relaxed setting
Piotr is a sipper of strong black coffee and never adds milk or sugar.
Piotr 是個只喝濃黑咖啡的小口啜飲者，從不加奶或糖。
Among wine tasters, careful sippers tend to notice flavours that fast drinkers miss.
在品酒師當中，細細啜飲的人往往能嘗出快喝的人沒注意到的味道。
文法句型
a sipper of + noun
slow / quiet / steady sipper
用法筆記
Almost always paired with an adjective (slow, careful, quiet) or with `of + drink`. Bare 'a sipper' on its own is unusual in modern English — readers will assume sense 1 (the device) unless the context makes clear you mean a person.
常見錯誤
3. an old, mostly literary label for a person who drinks alcohol often and to exces
酗酒者；酒鬼
舊式文學用法，指經常豪飲的人
an old, mostly literary label for a person who drinks alcohol often and to excess — a habitual heavy drinker, usually of beer or spirits.
In the old tavern song, the village sipper traded his coat for one more glass of ale.
在那首古老的酒館民謠裡，村裡的酗酒者用大衣換了一杯麥酒。
literary / archaic register: tavern song context
The 19th-century novel describes the uncle as a sipper who spent every evening at the inn.
那本十九世紀的小說把舅舅描繪成一個每晚都泡在小酒館的酒鬼。
common pattern: sipper in historical fiction context
Ife, reading the Victorian poem aloud, paused over the line about the lonely sipper at the bar.
Ife 朗讀那首維多利亞時代的詩時，在描寫酒吧裡那位孤獨酗酒者的句子上停了下來。
Critics noted that the playwright drew his sipper character from real drinkers in his hometown pub.
評論家指出，劇作家筆下的酒鬼角色，是從他家鄉酒吧裡真實的客人取材的。
- teetotaller
someone who never drinks alcohol — the direct opposite.
- abstainer
formal label for a person who avoids alcohol.
文法句型
a sipper (used as bibber / toper synonym)
用法筆記
Mostly found in older literature and dictionaries; modern speakers would say 'drunk', 'drinker', or 'heavy drinker' instead. Distinguish from sense 2 (slow, careful drinker) — sense 3 is about quantity and habit, not gentle style.