| 释义 |
pep-pill colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈpɛppɪl|
[f. pep n. + pill n.2]
A stimulant drug dispensed in the form of a pill.
1937Time 10 May 45/1 (heading) Pep-pill poisoning. The use by college students of a new, powerful but poisonous brain stimulant called Benzedrine last week kept college directors of health in dithers of worry. Ibid., Students who, while cramming for final examinations, collapse,..are under suspicion of using the substance. They call it ‘pepper-up’, ‘pep pills’. 1955[see amphetamine]. 1955Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 219/2 Amphetamine, or Benzedrine, known as ‘pep pills’,..is most likely to produce pleasant sensations in normal persons. 1959Times 29 May 14/6 The performance of athletes may be improved through ‘pep pills’ by as much as 4 per cent. 1959Guardian 16 Nov. 1/4 They had..tomato sandwiches, with coffee and tea, but no ‘pep’ pills. 1960Times Lit. Suppl. 20 May 323/2 The managerial class gets its kicks from pep pills instead of art. 1960Spectator 22 July 120 The campaign then being waged by some newspapers against the pep-pill Preludin. 1965New Scientist 29 July 261/2 Amphetamines and barbiturates, variously called stimulants and depressants, pep pills and ‘goof balls’. 1967Spectator 30 June 758/1 The Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, was found guilty of possessing pep pills. 1974E. Ambler Dr. Frigo ii. 98 As for that movie star, how do you know he isn't on pep pills? |