teetotaller

/ˌtiːˈtəʊtlə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌtiːˈtəʊtlər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtē-ˈtō-tᵊl-ər How to pronounce teetotaler (audio) -ˌtō-/ (ame, mw)

1.名詞B2

釋義

不喝酒者

從不喝酒的人

A person who chooses not to drink any alcoholic drinks at all, either as a personal decision or as a matter of principle.

例句

Reema has been a teetotaller for ten years, ever since her father stopped drinking.

Reema 已經滴酒不沾十年了，從她父親戒酒之後開始。

present perfect: has been a teetotaller for [duration]

The wedding party included several teetotallers, so the host also served fruit juice and soda.

婚宴上有好幾位不喝酒的人，所以主人也準備了果汁和汽水。

plural: several teetotallers

同義詞

abstainer
Broader term — can refer to avoiding other activities like smoking or eating certain foods, not only alcohol.
non-drinker
Everyday, neutral term for someone who does not consume alcohol, without the historical or emphatic tone of 'teetotaller'.
total abstainer
More formal and less common; strongly tied to the 19th-century temperance movement.

反義詞

drinker
Simple opposite — a person who drinks alcohol, without any further connotation.

a [adjective] teetotaller

teetotaller + verb (singular/plural)

Frequently used with 'lifelong' or 'strict' to emphasise the firmness of the choice. The plural form is 'teetotallers' (BrE) or 'teetotalers' (AmE).

❌She is a tee-totaler.

✅She is a teetotaller.

💡The word is spelled with a double 'l' in British English and is not hyphenated.

❌My uncle is a teetotaller because he is an alcoholic.

✅My uncle is a teetotaller because he chooses not to drink at all.

💡A teetotaller abstains by choice or principle, not because of a drinking problem (though the two can overlap).

teetotaller — 名詞