| 单词 | medicate |
| 释义 | medicate (once / 1722 pages) v To medicate is to treat an illness with some kind of medicine. You might not need to medicate your bad cold, but you'll most likely need to medicate your strep throat. A doctor will medicate diseases that are diagnosed and can be treated with medicine. If your doctor, for example, decides to medicate you with antibiotics, it means she believes you have an infection caused by bacteria. Medicate comes from medication, from the Late Latin word medicari, "to medicate, heal, or cure." WORD FAMILYmedicate: medicated, medicates, medicating, medication, medicative+/medication: medications/medicative: unmedicative USAGE EXAMPLESBut Mr. Slonim was against the idea, partly because he did not like the way people looked when they were medicated. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) And with those celebrity endorsements, they'd appeal to most medicated followers of fashion. BBC(Dec 26, 2016) During an October hearing, Dear claimed he’s been forcibly medicated while being held there. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1v treat medicinally, treat with medicine Syn|Hypo|Hyper medicine dose, drug administer a drug to salveapply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put underadminister an anesthetic drug to dope, dope upgive a narcotic to o.d., overdosedose too heavily narcotise, narcotizeadminister narcotics to poisonadminister poison to care for, treat provide treatment for 2v impregnate with a medicinal substance Hyper impregnate, saturate infuse or fill completely |
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