tee-,来自 total 的首字母音，据说是来自某结巴说话不清楚的笑话，或为表强调，total,整个的， 完全的。用以指滴酒不沾的人。
teetotal 用法和例句提示：点击例句中的单词，就可以看到词义解释
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A waiter comes by to take drinks orders and the teetotal duke asks for still water .
一位侍者走近前来问我们喝点什么，滴酒不沾的公爵点了杯蒸馏水。
More people are teetotal , the number of underage drinkers has shrunk and consumption by 16 - to 24-year-olds is ebbing faster than in the overall population .
An analysis of the impact of alcohol on men 's health by a team at wageningen university in the netherlands found that long-term light consumption - less than 20 grams daily - is more beneficial than being teetotal .
Against this possibly rosy view , campaigners point out that a lot of people in britain , some 12 % , are teetotal ( starting with most muslims , whose numbers are increasing ) , which means that those who do drink consume more than overall figures suggest .
