单词 | reefer madness |
释义 | > as lemmasreefer madness reefer madness n. [after title of a 1936 film which portrays teenagers who experience various tragedies after being induced to smoke cannabis (see quot. 1936)] erratic, confused, or dangerous behaviour attributed to the smoking of cannabis; (more generally) a state of intoxication caused by smoking cannabis. ΚΠ 1936 (title of film) Reefer madness.] 1975 Liberty Winter 38/3 We have recently gone through a period in which marijuana was accused of inevitably leading to ‘reefer madness’. 1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay xxiii. 264 All I can do is tremble, spill my drink, and drag on my cigarette as if I'm having an attack of reefer madness. 2000 K. Atkinson Emotionally Weird (2001) 113 I could hear Bob and Shug descending slowly into reefer madness; they were talking about their fantasy future in which they co-owned a vastly successful head shop. < as lemmas |
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