compotator

n. 酒友

发音

UK /ˈkɒm.pəˌteɪ.tə/
UK /ˈkɒmp.əʊ-/
US /ˈkɒm.pɵˌteɪ.tɚ/
US /-ɾɚ/

词形变化

compotators 复数 compotators

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who drinks (alcoholic beverages) with another; a fellow drinker.

    [T]he hospitable anchorite […] dispatches an assistant to fetch a pot of four gallons from a secret corner near his bed, and the whole three set in to serious drinking. This amusement is superintended by the Friar, according to the recurrence of certain fustian words, to be repeated by every compotator in turn before he drank—a species of High Jinks, as it were, by which they regulated their potations, as toasts were given in latter times.

词源

From Old French compotateur, from Late Latin compōtātōr, compōtātōrem, from Latin com-, alternative form of con- (“with”) (equivalent to English com- or con-) + pōtātor (“drinker”), from pōtare (“to drink”).

来源：wiktionary