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sober 音标拼音: [s'obɚ] a.
清醒的,稳重的,节制的,严肃的,不夸大的,合理的,朴素的
vt. 使清醒 清醒的,稳重的,节制的,严肃的,不夸大的,合理的,朴素的使清醒 sober adj 1: not affected by a chemical substance ( especially alcohol) [ ant: { drunk}, { inebriated}, { intoxicated}] 2: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; " a grave God- fearing man"; " a quiet sedate nature"; " as sober as a judge"; " a solemn promise"; " the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [ synonym: { grave}, { sedate}, { sober}, { solemn}] 3: lacking brightness or color; dull; " drab faded curtains"; " sober Puritan grey"; " children in somber brown clothes" [ synonym: { drab}, { sober}, { somber}, { sombre}] 4: completely lacking in playfulness [ synonym: { unplayful}, { serious}, { sober}] [ ant: { playful}] v 1: cause to become sober; " A sobering thought" 2: become more realistic; " After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up" [ synonym: { sober up}, { sober}] 3: become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; " Keep him in bed until he sobers up" [ synonym: { sober up}, { sober}] Sober \ Sober\, a. [ Compar. { Soberer}; superl. { Soberest}.] [ OE. sobre, F. sobre, from L. sobrius, probably from a prefix so- expressing separation ebrius drunken. Cf. { Ebriety}.] 1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. [ 1913 Webster] That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. -- Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self- controlled; self- possessed. [ 1913 Webster] There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. -- Druden. [ 1913 Webster] No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate. [ 1913 Webster] What parts gay France from sober Spain? -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Grave; temperate; abstinent; abstemious; moderate; regular; steady; calm; quiet; cool; collected; dispassionate; unimpassioned; sedate; staid; serious; solemn; somber. See { Grave}. [ 1913 Webster]
Sober \ So" ber\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Sobered}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Sobering}.] To make sober. [ 1913 Webster] There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster]
Sober \ So" ber\, v. i. To become sober; -- often with down. [ 1913 Webster] Vance gradually sobered down. -- Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster] 298 Moby Thesaurus words for " sober": Quaker- colored, Spartan, abstaining, abstentious, abstinent, acier, aristocratic, ascetic, ashen, ashy, august, austere, awe- inspiring, balanced, bald, bare, blackish, bland, calm, candid, canescent, cinereous, cinerous, cogitative, cognitive, cold sober, collected, colorless, common, commonplace, commonsense, composed, concentrating, concentrative, conceptive, conceptual, conceptualized, constrained, contemplating, contemplative, continent, controlled, cool, coolheaded, courtly, creamy, dapple, dapple- gray, dappled, dappled- gray, dark, dark- colored, darkish, darksome, decorous, deliberating, deliberative, delicate, demure, detoxify, dignified, dingy, direct, disciplined, dismal, dispassionate, dove- colored, dove- gray, down- to- earth, drab, dreary, dry, dull, dusk, dusky, dusty, earnest, eggshell, eschewing, excogitating, fatal, fateful, flat, forbearing, forgoing, formal, formidable, frank, frowning, frugal, funereal, gentle, glaucescent, glaucous, gloss, grand, grave, gray, gray- black, gray- brown, gray- colored, gray- drab, gray- green, gray- spotted, gray- toned, gray- white, grayed, grayish, grim, grim- faced, grim- visaged, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, hard, hard- boiled, hardheaded, heavy, homely, homespun, ideative, imperturbable, imposing, inhibited, introspective, iridescent, iron- gray, judicious, kingly, lead- gray, leaden, lean, level- headed, levelheaded, light, livid, logical, long- faced, lordly, low- key, magisterial, majestic, matter- of- fact, measured, meditating, meditative, mellow, mental, mild, mild as milk, moderate, mother- of- pearl, mouse- colored, mouse- gray, mousy, museful, musing, nacreous, natural, neat, neutral, nigrescent, no- nonsense, noble, noetic, nonviolent, opalescent, open, pacifistic, pale, pastel, patinaed, peaceable, peaceful, pearl, pearl- gray, pearly, pensive, philosophical, placid, plain, plain- speaking, plain- spoken, pondering, portentous, practical, pragmatic, prehensive, princely, proper, prosaic, prosing, prosy, prudent, pure, queenly, quiet, rational, realistic, reasonable, recover, reflecting, reflective, refraining, regal, repressed, reserved, restrained, royal, ruminant, ruminating, ruminative, rustic, sad, sane, sedate, self- controlled, self- disciplined, self- possessed, semigloss, sensible, serene, serious, severe, silver, silver- gray, silvered, silvery, simple, simple- speaking, slate- colored, slaty, smoke- gray, smoky, sober- minded, sobersided, soft, soft- colored, soft- hued, softened, solemn, somber, sombrous, sound, spare, sparing, speculative, staid, stark, stately, statuesque, steady, steel- gray, steely, stinting, stone- colored, stone- faced, straight- faced, straightforward, subdued, subtle, swart, swarthy, sweet, tame, taupe, teetotal, temperate, tender, thinking, thought, thoughtful, together, tranquil, unadorned, unaffected, undrunk, undrunken, unexcited, unflustered, unidealistic, unimaginative, unimpassioned, uninebriate, uninebrious, unintoxicated, unperturbed, unpoetical, unruffled, unsmiling, untipsy, unvarnished, venerable, weighty, well- balanced, wistful, worthy
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