| 单词 | drug fiend |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrug fiend drug fiend n. originally U.S. (depreciative) a regular or habitual user of (illegal) drugs, esp. one whose dependence is considered ruinous or dangerous.In quot. 1873, as a personification of drug addiction. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] > drug addict head1856 narcotist1860 drugger1870 drug fiend1873 druggard1882 narcomaniac1888 dope-fiend1896 addict1899 dopehead1901 hypo1904 drug addict1905 drug abuser1915 junker1922 junkie1923 hype1924 needle artist1925 needleman1925 schmecker1931 dope-addict1933 ad1938 dopester1938 narco1958 pillhead1962 druggie1966 freak1967 drugster1970 1873 Sci. of Health 3 83/1 I have..bought of you—for presents to friends whom I longed to rescue from the pangs of the drug fiend—a good many copies of those two little books. 1890 Times & Reg. (U.S.) 27 Sept. 293 The drug fiend's system becomes so saturated as to be impregnable to all remedies. 1919 Times 29 Mar. 10/1 In his hysterical shrieking for the death penalty, he is as insatiable as a drug fiend in his craving for cocaine or morphia. 1933 Mod. Psychologist Nov. 253/2 Even among habitual drug fiends there are some who now and then fight off their habit afflictions with eminent success. 2002 A. Holmes Sleb xxxvii. 295 Your man Felix. Bit of a drug fiend, I hear. Got a nose for nose. < as lemmas |
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