sober

sober /'soubə/
  • tính từ
    • không say rượu
    • điều độ
    • điềm tĩnh, điềm đạm
    • đúng mức, khiêm tốn
      • a sober estimate: sự đánh giá đúng mức
    • nhã, không loè loẹt (màu sắc)
      • sober colour: màu nhã
    • as sober as a judge
      • tỉnh táo, không thiên vị
  • ngoại động từ
    • làm hết say, làm tỉnh rượu, làm dã rượu
    • làm (ai) bớt bồng bột, làm bớt táo bạo...
    • làm (màu sắc) bớt loè loẹt
    • nội động từ
      • tỉnh rượu, hết say
      • ((thường) + down) trấn tĩnh lại, tĩnh tâm lại

    Xem thêm: sober up, sober up, grave, sedate, solemn, drab, somber, sombre, unplayful, serious



    sober

    Từ điển Collocation

    sober adj.

    VERBS be, feel, look, seem | remain, stay She wanted a drink, but she had to stay sober. | keep sb Only the thought of her kept him sober.

    ADV. completely, perfectly, quite, stone-cold | not entirely | almost, fairly, more or less, pretty well, reasonably, relatively By this time he felt more or less sober again. | enough At that point she was still sober enough to ask sensible questions.

    Từ điển WordNet

      v.

    • cause to become sober

      A sobering thought

    • become more realistic; sober up

      After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up

    • become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; sober up

      Keep him in bed until he sobers up

      adj.

    • not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
    • dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; grave, sedate, solemn

      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

    • lacking brightness or color; dull; drab, somber, sombre

      drab faded curtains

      sober Puritan grey

      children in somber brown clothes

    • completely lacking in playfulness; unplayful, serious

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    sobers|sobered|sobering|soberer|soberest
    syn.: calm mild moderate reasonable sensible sound temperate drunken