| 单词 | stimulant |
| 释义 | stimulant (once / 1605 pages) nadj A stimulant is a drug that speeds up your body or an event that spurs you to action. Both types of stimulant get you going. You might drink coffee in the morning for a reason: the caffeine in coffee is a stimulant, which gives you energy and helps you wake up. Other stimulants are much more harmful, such as illegal drugs like cocaine, but all stimulants speed up your system. Also, a stimulant can be anything that arouses action. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, it was a stimulant that drove America into World War II. WORD FAMILYstimulant: stimulants USAGE EXAMPLESHow about reporting on the numerous people with genuine ADD diagnoses who benefit from appropriate medical treatment with stimulants? New York Times(Oct 12, 2016) But the stimulant is showing up in some pretty unusual places, including energy bars, jelly beans, mints and peanut butter. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) Shakespeare was an early stimulant, with the Bard’s words giving him “the words to articulate my adolescent rage.” Washington Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1n any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action Syn|Hypo|Hyper input, stimulation, stimulus elicitation, evocation, induction stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors kickthe sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs) turn-onsomething causing excitement or stimulating interest negative stimulation, turnoffsomething causing antagonism or loss of interest conditioned stimulusthe stimulus that is the occasion for a conditioned response reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it cue, discriminative stimulusa stimulus that provides information about what to do positive stimulusa stimulus with desirable consequences negative stimulusa stimulus with undesirable consequences positive reinforcer, positive reinforcing stimulusa reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it negative reinforcer, negative reinforcing stimulusa reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it bonus, fillipanything that tends to arouse delight, joy, pleasuresomething or someone that provides a source of happiness annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the necksomething or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness aversive stimulusany negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it concern, headache, vexation, worrysomething or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness grief, sorrowsomething that causes great unhappiness information knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction 2n a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process Syn|Hypo|Hyper excitant, stimulant drug analeptic a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system aphrodisiaca drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire butyl nitrite, isobutyl nitritea colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers African tea, Arabian tea, cat, kat, khat, qat, quatthe leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant Ritalin, methylphenidatecentral nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children poppera container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite) amphetamine sulfate, amphetamine sulphatea sulfate derivative of amphetamine that is used as a stimulant for the central nervous system Benzedrine, benniea form of amphetamine Dexedrine, dextroamphetamine sulphatean isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant drug a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic 3adj that stimulates stimulant phenomena Syn stimulating stimulative capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent |
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