Immoderate or compulsive consumption of a drug or other substance; spec. a condition characterized by regular or poorly controlled use of a…
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释义 | the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] (76) addiction1779 Immoderate or compulsive consumption of a drug or other substance; spec. a condition characterized by regular or poorly controlled use of a… addictedness1788 The quality, state, or condition of being addicted; devotion, adherence, attachment, esp. of a compulsive kind; (also) an instance of this… narcomania1865 Originally (in the terminology of N. Kerr): uncontrollable craving for intoxication by alcohol or narcotic drugs (now disused). Later: addiction to… yen1876 The craving of a drug-addict for his drug (originally for opium). (See also quots. 1929, 1937.) drug addiction1881 addiction to a drug or drugs, esp. developed through habitual non-medicinal use of an illegal drug, such as a narcotic, opiate, or hallucinogen; an… yen-yen1886 A craving for opium, the ‘opium-habit’. drug abuse1903 habitual non-medicinal use of a drug or drugs, esp. the use of illegal drugs for their narcotic, stimulant, or mood-altering effects. oil burner1962 U.S. slang. A serious addiction to a drug, esp. heroin; an expensive drug habit. Cf. oil-burning adj. n. at oil, n.1 compounds 5. Jones1968 slang. A drug addict's habit. Subcategories:— to or for specific drug (6) — formation of dependency on drugs (1) — drug addict (56) — ceasing use of addictive drug (4) |
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