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单词 junkie
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Definition of junkie in English:

junkie

(also junky)
nounˈdʒʌŋkiˈdʒəŋki
informal
  • 1A drug addict.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's like the junkies who do drug runs for their dealers for a couple of hits.
    • Teenage drug users in Alice Springs take offence to being called addicts, junkies, criminals and so on.
    • Leo tries selling drugs to some junkies, but they refuse to pay.
    • Since being with my wife even the junkies I hang around with say they've noticed a big difference in me.
    • Only two respondents in this sample were currently relapsing addicts / junkies.
    • I thought my destiny was to be a heroin addict, a junkie for the rest of my life; I couldn't stop myself and I didn't know a way out.
    • Whether you are a junky or a functional addict, heroin runs your life.
    • It's comparable to finding junky hypodermics in the gutter at the Magic Kingdom.
    • They should stick to the issues - like why they don't want crack heads and junkies to go to jail.
    • I was born a junky, weaned off heroin using methadone in the first weeks of my life.
    • For the past eight years, Moira's been on methadone, a drug most imagine only junkies use to get off heroin.
    Synonyms
    abuser, user
    1. 1.1with modifier A person with a compulsive habit or obsessive dependency on something.
      power junkies
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, I'm a noise junky, and a compulsive multitasker, so the TV's on most of the time.
      • Like all addicts, Blackberry junkies are easy to spot.
      • Where does the average information starved Net junkie go in such a case?
      • With my fabulous culture junkie friends Peter and Jaq, we went to the movies last night.
      • I love my computer; I think it's quite safe to say that I am complete computer junkie.
      • I know, that's the basic form addiction takes, and anyone who knows me properly knows I'm a complete caffeine junkie at the best of times.
      • The subsidy junkie label was not unreasonably applied to many farmers.
      • He was a popular culture junkie and spent a lot of time in high school watching old movies on television.
      • Fiercely proud to be British, he said it made him miserable to ‘have our prime minister kowtow to a power junkie in Washington’.
      • The EU, US, Japan and other subsidy junkies must kick the habit.

Origin

1920s (originally US): from junk1.

Rhymes

chunky, clunky, flunkey, funky, hunky, junky, monkey, punky, spunky
 
 

Definition of junkie in US English:

junkie

(also junky)
nounˈjəNGkēˈdʒəŋki
informal
  • 1A drug addict.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whether you are a junky or a functional addict, heroin runs your life.
    • They should stick to the issues - like why they don't want crack heads and junkies to go to jail.
    • I thought my destiny was to be a heroin addict, a junkie for the rest of my life; I couldn't stop myself and I didn't know a way out.
    • It's like the junkies who do drug runs for their dealers for a couple of hits.
    • Since being with my wife even the junkies I hang around with say they've noticed a big difference in me.
    • It's comparable to finding junky hypodermics in the gutter at the Magic Kingdom.
    • Leo tries selling drugs to some junkies, but they refuse to pay.
    • Teenage drug users in Alice Springs take offence to being called addicts, junkies, criminals and so on.
    • I was born a junky, weaned off heroin using methadone in the first weeks of my life.
    • Only two respondents in this sample were currently relapsing addicts / junkies.
    • For the past eight years, Moira's been on methadone, a drug most imagine only junkies use to get off heroin.
    Synonyms
    abuser, user
    1. 1.1with modifier A person with a compulsive habit or obsessive dependency on something.
      power junkies
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I love my computer; I think it's quite safe to say that I am complete computer junkie.
      • He was a popular culture junkie and spent a lot of time in high school watching old movies on television.
      • The subsidy junkie label was not unreasonably applied to many farmers.
      • I know, that's the basic form addiction takes, and anyone who knows me properly knows I'm a complete caffeine junkie at the best of times.
      • Where does the average information starved Net junkie go in such a case?
      • Fiercely proud to be British, he said it made him miserable to ‘have our prime minister kowtow to a power junkie in Washington’.
      • However, I'm a noise junky, and a compulsive multitasker, so the TV's on most of the time.
      • The EU, US, Japan and other subsidy junkies must kick the habit.
      • With my fabulous culture junkie friends Peter and Jaq, we went to the movies last night.
      • Like all addicts, Blackberry junkies are easy to spot.

Origin

1920s (originally US): from junk.

 
 
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