habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
同义词：alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
同义词：dipsomania, potomania
alcoholism例句
A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess or who suffers from alcoholism.
