| 词组 | 1FTR |
| 释义 | 1FTRAn abbreviation for "one for the road," meaning one more drink, especially of alcohol, before leaving a particular place (often a bar). 1FTR? Oh, how can I resist? one for the roadOne more drink, especially of alcohol, before leaving a particular place (often a bar). I need to be heading home soon, but let's have one for the road. *one for the roada drink; a drink before a journey or before leaving a bar. (*Typically: down ~; drink ~; have ~; take ~.) Let's have one for the road. Don't down one for the road if you are going to be the driver. one for the roadA final drink before leaving, as in Won't you have just one for the road? This term always alludes to an alcoholic drink and a practice that, if the person is going to drive away, is not only frowned on but in many places illegal. [First half of 1900s] one for the roada final drink, especially an alcoholic one, before leaving for home. informalone for the ˈroad(spoken) a last alcoholic drink before you leave a party, etc: How about one for the road, Jim?one for the roadand 1FTR n. a drink; a drink before a journey. Let’s have one for the road. 1FTRverbSee one for the road one for the roadOne last drink (alcoholic). Eric Partridge believed the term originated with traveling salesmen who applied it either to one last drink after a night’s carousing or to one more drink before one literally set out “on the road” to see more customers. Originating early in the twentieth century, it is heard less often today, at least in America, where heavy drinking is increasingly frowned upon, especially for drivers. |
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