mindmap root((醉酒)) drunk, drunken are the plainspoken, direct, and inclusive terms: arrived at the party already ~（drunk）; a ~ man stumbled out of the bar; but drunken may imply habitual excess in drinking and also applies to whatever proceeds from intoxication: a drunken brawl. intoxicated is a more formal, less derogatory term and likely to be used in legal or medical contexts: arrested for driving while ~. context上下文，语言环境words before or after other words inebriated implies such a state of intoxication that exhilaration, noise, or undue excitement results: the ~ revelers bellowed out songs. tipsy may imply only slight drunkenness and the consequent lessening of muscular an mental control: a ~ patron began making unwelcome amorous advances. tight usually suggests obvious drunkenness: at midnight he returned, ~ as a drum. plastered refers to one who has become wholly incompetent through intoxication: so ~ they could not stand up.