Intoxicating [
in'tɔksikeitiŋ]
a. 醉人的,使人兴奋的
- The flowers gave off an intoxicating scent[a pleasant smell].
这些花散发出使人陶醉[怡人]的香味。 - Having the qualities or taste of wine; heady or intoxicating.
有酒香的,有酒味的;易使人醉的或令人陶醉的
intoxicating[ adj ]- causing
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- extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
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Intoxicating \In*tox"i*ca`ting\, a.
Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as,
intoxicating liquors.
Intoxicate \In*tox"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoxicated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Intoxicating}.]
1. To poison; to drug. --South.
2. To make drunk; to inebriate; to excite or to stupefy by
strong drink or by a narcotic substance.
With new wine inoxicated both. --Milton.
3. To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or
madness; to elate unduly or excessively.
Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. --G.
Eliot.
They are not intoxicated by military success.
--Jowett
(Thuc.).