Definition of opium in English:

opium

noun ˈəʊpɪəmˈoʊpiəm

mass noun

A reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used illicitly as a narcotic and occasionally in medicine as an analgesic.
he was addicted to opium
Example sentencesExamples
- Surgeons would attempt to stupefy the patient with alcohol, opium, or morphia, but with little effect.
- Company ships were forbidden to carry opium, thus avoiding difficulties with the Canton authorities.
- With minimal discretion, sly-looking men lounge amidst bricks of hash and balls of opium.
- But we have to remember that in the nineteenth century opium was a painkiller.
- In the big house, there are also special rooms for smoking opium, playing mahjong and even fishing.
- Alexander has brought in a picture of himself smoking opium with tribes in Northern Thailand.
- Prior to the criminalisation of cocaine and opium, organised crime had no reason to be involved in the drugs trade.
- The Portuguese imported both tobacco and opium, and supplied a cheap instrument for addicts, the pipe.
- Against the recurrent agony, Scott took dangerously large amounts of opium.
- Wood suffered from chronic instability in his personal life, and was heavily addicted to opium.
- The uncle's wife is moved into the town house where she smokes opium on her bed everyday.
- Both are controlled drugs, and staff handed the morphine and opium over to the Home Office Drugs Inspectorate.
- Misawa also debunked the view that substitute crops need to be more profitable than illegal opium.
- This wasn't the boy who seemed to be high on opium every time I met him.
- Although he replied that he did not even know what opium looked like, his bags were emptied and searched.
- These suggestions were based on evidence that showed that opium was addictive.
- Picasso had a brief flirtation with opium and hashish, during the Rose and Blue periods, but soon abandoned them.
- In 1804, while at Oxford, he had begun to take opium, and from 1812 he became an addict.
- At Wadham he experimented with opium as an anaesthetic enabling doctors to perform prolonged surgery.
- At that time, about one-fifth of all opium brought into China was shipped on the Sassoon fleet.
Synonyms
drug, narcotic, mind-altering drug, sedative, tranquillizer, depressant, sleeping pill, soporific, anaesthetic, painkiller, analgesic, anodyne

Phrases

the opium of the people (or masses)

Something regarded as inducing a false and unrealistic sense of contentment among people.
Example sentencesExamples
- Football was viewed by a man whose business judgement is rarely wrong, as the opium of the masses and the quickest way to shift satellite dishes.
- Food has long been the opium of the masses.
- Perhaps Tommy thinks mints are the opium of the masses but, seeing him there, Curran immediately withdrew the Polos and handed them back to Rosie.
- Some papers are now part of the showbiz industry and for many, celebrity rather than religion is now the opium of the people.
- Marx said that religion is the opium of the people.
- But in Bachelder's America, the corporation is king, entertainment is the opium of the masses and you are free to do exactly what you are told.
- In a way, the lottery has become, as Mr Marx would have said, ‘the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of heartless conditions, the opium of the people.’
- Marx called religion the heart of a heartless world, the soul of a soulless condition, the opium of the people.
- The well-known expression that religion is the opium of the people was made famous by Marx but was also used independently around the same time by the Christian reformer Charles Kingsley.
- It's almost like the opium of the people that Karl Marx was talking about a century ago.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek opion 'poppy juice', from opos 'juice', from an Indo-European root meaning 'water'.

The name of this drug comes ultimately from the Greek word opion ‘poppy juice’. The opium of the people is something regarded as giving people a false sense of security and contentment. The phrase originated as a direct translation of the German Opium des Volks, as used by the founder of modern Communism, Karl Marx, in 1843–44.

Rhymes

europium

Definition of opium in US English:

opium

nounˈoʊpiəmˈōpēəm

A reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgesic.
he was addicted to opium
Example sentencesExamples
- Surgeons would attempt to stupefy the patient with alcohol, opium, or morphia, but with little effect.
- In 1804, while at Oxford, he had begun to take opium, and from 1812 he became an addict.
- Alexander has brought in a picture of himself smoking opium with tribes in Northern Thailand.
- The Portuguese imported both tobacco and opium, and supplied a cheap instrument for addicts, the pipe.
- Picasso had a brief flirtation with opium and hashish, during the Rose and Blue periods, but soon abandoned them.
- Prior to the criminalisation of cocaine and opium, organised crime had no reason to be involved in the drugs trade.
- At that time, about one-fifth of all opium brought into China was shipped on the Sassoon fleet.
- The uncle's wife is moved into the town house where she smokes opium on her bed everyday.
- Both are controlled drugs, and staff handed the morphine and opium over to the Home Office Drugs Inspectorate.
- In the big house, there are also special rooms for smoking opium, playing mahjong and even fishing.
- Company ships were forbidden to carry opium, thus avoiding difficulties with the Canton authorities.
- These suggestions were based on evidence that showed that opium was addictive.
- With minimal discretion, sly-looking men lounge amidst bricks of hash and balls of opium.
- Wood suffered from chronic instability in his personal life, and was heavily addicted to opium.
- This wasn't the boy who seemed to be high on opium every time I met him.
- Although he replied that he did not even know what opium looked like, his bags were emptied and searched.
- Against the recurrent agony, Scott took dangerously large amounts of opium.
- But we have to remember that in the nineteenth century opium was a painkiller.
- Misawa also debunked the view that substitute crops need to be more profitable than illegal opium.
- At Wadham he experimented with opium as an anaesthetic enabling doctors to perform prolonged surgery.
Synonyms
drug, narcotic, mind-altering drug, sedative, tranquillizer, depressant, sleeping pill, soporific, anaesthetic, painkiller, analgesic, anodyne

Phrases

the opium of the people (or masses)

Something regarded as inducing a false and unrealistic sense of contentment among people.
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps Tommy thinks mints are the opium of the masses but, seeing him there, Curran immediately withdrew the Polos and handed them back to Rosie.
- But in Bachelder's America, the corporation is king, entertainment is the opium of the masses and you are free to do exactly what you are told.
- The well-known expression that religion is the opium of the people was made famous by Marx but was also used independently around the same time by the Christian reformer Charles Kingsley.
- In a way, the lottery has become, as Mr Marx would have said, ‘the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of heartless conditions, the opium of the people.’
- Football was viewed by a man whose business judgement is rarely wrong, as the opium of the masses and the quickest way to shift satellite dishes.
- Food has long been the opium of the masses.
- It's almost like the opium of the people that Karl Marx was talking about a century ago.
- Marx called religion the heart of a heartless world, the soul of a soulless condition, the opium of the people.
- Marx said that religion is the opium of the people.
- Some papers are now part of the showbiz industry and for many, celebrity rather than religion is now the opium of the people.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek opion ‘poppy juice’, from opos ‘juice’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘water’.

单词	opium
释义	Definition of opium in English: opium noun ˈəʊpɪəmˈoʊpiəm mass noun A reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used illicitly as a narcotic and occasionally in medicine as an analgesic. he was addicted to opium Example sentencesExamples Surgeons would attempt to stupefy the patient with alcohol, opium, or morphia, but with little effect. Company ships were forbidden to carry opium, thus avoiding difficulties with the Canton authorities. With minimal discretion, sly-looking men lounge amidst bricks of hash and balls of opium. But we have to remember that in the nineteenth century opium was a painkiller. In the big house, there are also special rooms for smoking opium, playing mahjong and even fishing. Alexander has brought in a picture of himself smoking opium with tribes in Northern Thailand. Prior to the criminalisation of cocaine and opium, organised crime had no reason to be involved in the drugs trade. The Portuguese imported both tobacco and opium, and supplied a cheap instrument for addicts, the pipe. Against the recurrent agony, Scott took dangerously large amounts of opium. Wood suffered from chronic instability in his personal life, and was heavily addicted to opium. The uncle's wife is moved into the town house where she smokes opium on her bed everyday. Both are controlled drugs, and staff handed the morphine and opium over to the Home Office Drugs Inspectorate. Misawa also debunked the view that substitute crops need to be more profitable than illegal opium. This wasn't the boy who seemed to be high on opium every time I met him. Although he replied that he did not even know what opium looked like, his bags were emptied and searched. These suggestions were based on evidence that showed that opium was addictive. Picasso had a brief flirtation with opium and hashish, during the Rose and Blue periods, but soon abandoned them. In 1804, while at Oxford, he had begun to take opium, and from 1812 he became an addict. At Wadham he experimented with opium as an anaesthetic enabling doctors to perform prolonged surgery. At that time, about one-fifth of all opium brought into China was shipped on the Sassoon fleet. Synonyms drug, narcotic, mind-altering drug, sedative, tranquillizer, depressant, sleeping pill, soporific, anaesthetic, painkiller, analgesic, anodyne Phrases the opium of the people (or masses) Something regarded as inducing a false and unrealistic sense of contentment among people. Example sentencesExamples Football was viewed by a man whose business judgement is rarely wrong, as the opium of the masses and the quickest way to shift satellite dishes. Food has long been the opium of the masses. Perhaps Tommy thinks mints are the opium of the masses but, seeing him there, Curran immediately withdrew the Polos and handed them back to Rosie. Some papers are now part of the showbiz industry and for many, celebrity rather than religion is now the opium of the people. Marx said that religion is the opium of the people. But in Bachelder's America, the corporation is king, entertainment is the opium of the masses and you are free to do exactly what you are told. In a way, the lottery has become, as Mr Marx would have said, ‘the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of heartless conditions, the opium of the people.’ Marx called religion the heart of a heartless world, the soul of a soulless condition, the opium of the people. The well-known expression that religion is the opium of the people was made famous by Marx but was also used independently around the same time by the Christian reformer Charles Kingsley. It's almost like the opium of the people that Karl Marx was talking about a century ago. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek opion 'poppy juice', from opos 'juice', from an Indo-European root meaning 'water'. The name of this drug comes ultimately from the Greek word opion ‘poppy juice’. The opium of the people is something regarded as giving people a false sense of security and contentment. The phrase originated as a direct translation of the German Opium des Volks, as used by the founder of modern Communism, Karl Marx, in 1843–44. Rhymes europium noun.1 phr. Definition of opium in US English: opium nounˈoʊpiəmˈōpēəm A reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgesic. he was addicted to opium Example sentencesExamples Surgeons would attempt to stupefy the patient with alcohol, opium, or morphia, but with little effect. In 1804, while at Oxford, he had begun to take opium, and from 1812 he became an addict. Alexander has brought in a picture of himself smoking opium with tribes in Northern Thailand. The Portuguese imported both tobacco and opium, and supplied a cheap instrument for addicts, the pipe. Picasso had a brief flirtation with opium and hashish, during the Rose and Blue periods, but soon abandoned them. Prior to the criminalisation of cocaine and opium, organised crime had no reason to be involved in the drugs trade. At that time, about one-fifth of all opium brought into China was shipped on the Sassoon fleet. The uncle's wife is moved into the town house where she smokes opium on her bed everyday. Both are controlled drugs, and staff handed the morphine and opium over to the Home Office Drugs Inspectorate. In the big house, there are also special rooms for smoking opium, playing mahjong and even fishing. Company ships were forbidden to carry opium, thus avoiding difficulties with the Canton authorities. These suggestions were based on evidence that showed that opium was addictive. With minimal discretion, sly-looking men lounge amidst bricks of hash and balls of opium. Wood suffered from chronic instability in his personal life, and was heavily addicted to opium. This wasn't the boy who seemed to be high on opium every time I met him. Although he replied that he did not even know what opium looked like, his bags were emptied and searched. Against the recurrent agony, Scott took dangerously large amounts of opium. But we have to remember that in the nineteenth century opium was a painkiller. Misawa also debunked the view that substitute crops need to be more profitable than illegal opium. At Wadham he experimented with opium as an anaesthetic enabling doctors to perform prolonged surgery. Synonyms drug, narcotic, mind-altering drug, sedative, tranquillizer, depressant, sleeping pill, soporific, anaesthetic, painkiller, analgesic, anodyne Phrases the opium of the people (or masses) Something regarded as inducing a false and unrealistic sense of contentment among people. Example sentencesExamples Perhaps Tommy thinks mints are the opium of the masses but, seeing him there, Curran immediately withdrew the Polos and handed them back to Rosie. But in Bachelder's America, the corporation is king, entertainment is the opium of the masses and you are free to do exactly what you are told. The well-known expression that religion is the opium of the people was made famous by Marx but was also used independently around the same time by the Christian reformer Charles Kingsley. In a way, the lottery has become, as Mr Marx would have said, ‘the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of heartless conditions, the opium of the people.’ Football was viewed by a man whose business judgement is rarely wrong, as the opium of the masses and the quickest way to shift satellite dishes. Food has long been the opium of the masses. It's almost like the opium of the people that Karl Marx was talking about a century ago. Marx called religion the heart of a heartless world, the soul of a soulless condition, the opium of the people. Marx said that religion is the opium of the people. Some papers are now part of the showbiz industry and for many, celebrity rather than religion is now the opium of the people. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek opion ‘poppy juice’, from opos ‘juice’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘water’. noun.1 phr.
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