单词 | date-rape drug |
释义 | > as lemmasdate-rape drug date-rape drug n. any of a number of sedative or hypnotic drugs having among their effects temporary loss of memory or inhibition, and sometimes found to have been surreptitiously administered to a victim of date rape by the perpetrator. ΚΠ 1995 Orange County (Calif.) Register 26 Nov. 1/1 (heading) The substance has also been referred to as ‘the date rape drug’ and, the ‘Quaalude of the '90s’. 1999 M. Silcott Rave Amer. v. 139 Clubbers and ravers called Rohypnol ‘Roofies’; the six o'clock news called it ‘the date-rape drug’. 2007 Guardian 3 Apr. 1/1 They are sold legally in this country as industrial solvents and cleaners, but when ingested have a similar effect to the known date rape drug GHB, banned here in 2003. < as lemmas |
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