释义 |
opiumo‧pi‧um /ˈəʊpiəm $ ˈoʊ-/ noun [uncountable] opiumOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin, Greek opion, from opos ‘plant juice’ - But what kind of person would want opium?
- Compared to the large opium fields nearby, the bikes were harmless.
- He pried off his shoes; loosened his collar; slumped in his seat like an opium smoker.
- It produces effects that mimic those of many other drugs, such as opium, cocaine, Valium, and ether.
- Lapsang Souchong was opium, bohemia, late nights and Gauloises.
- She was certainly not an opium smoker.
- The architect must have been an opium fiend.
- Where were the calomel pills and opium and brandy?
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