单词 | narcotic |
释义 | narcotic From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Drugs, medicinesnarcoticnar‧cot‧ic1 /nɑːˈkɒtɪk $ nɑːrˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]1 → narcotics2 MDa type of drug which makes you sleep and reduces painExamples from the Corpusnarcotic• In another case this spring, a Chicago gangster was convicted after moving a narcotics ring to Rochester, Minn.• Federal legislation banning narcotics had already been enacted three years earlier and the prohibition of alcohol was only two years away.• He died from an overdose of narcotics.• I had learned that kissing was a powerful narcotic.• By 2015, bitter enmities played themselves out in gang warfare, narcotics traffic, and addiction., Drugs, medicines Drug culturenarcoticnarcotic2 adjective1 [only before noun] especially American EnglishMDD relating to illegal drugs narcotic addiction2 MDa narcotic drug takes away pain or makes you sleepExamples from the Corpusnarcotic• She was prescribed antibiotics and analgesics including pethidine, which is a narcotic drug, and given oxygen.• Anti-alcohol campaigners deliberately seek to confuse alcohol with narcotic drugs.• How ludicrous it was, she thought, to have to swallow alcohol simply because of its temporarily narcotic effect.• He tried to cultivate a reputation for dangerous magical power by engaging in narcotic shamanistic seances.• James Harper, defending, said Colling believed his drinks had been spiked with a narcotic substance which caused his violent behaviour.Origin narcotic1 (1300-1400) French narcotique, from Greek narkotikos, from narkoun “to make numb”, from narke “being without feeling” |
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