英语词汇“poison”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	poison
释义	poi·son I. \ˈpȯiz^ən, dial ˈpīz-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English poisoun, poison, from Old French poison drink, philter, poisonous drink, poison, from Latin potion-, potio drink, from potus (past participle of potare to drink) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at potable 1. a. : a substance (as a drug) that in suitable quantities has properties harmful or fatal to an organism when it is brought into contact with or absorbed by the organism : a substance that through its chemical action usually kills, injures, or impairs an organism < strychnine, carbon monoxide, and other poisons > — compare economic poison, pesticide, toxin, venom b. (1) : something destructive or harmful to the success, prosperity, or happiness of something else < were generally considered boxoffice poison — Edith Isaacs > < are plain political poison — J.T.Norman > (2) : something that undermines, interferes with, or blights the progress, activity, or welfare of something else < her life was ruined by the poison of lying gossip > (3) : something that causes something else to become tainted, corrupted, rotten, or perverted < the poison of bad example > c. (1) : something obnoxious, disgusting, or nauseating < most stage juveniles, especially in musicals, are pure poison — John Mason Brown > (2) : something totally at variance with one's tastes or inclinations : an object of aversion or abhorrence : something to be avoided < diversions of that kind were pure poison to him > 2. slang : alcoholic drink; especially : strong liquor 3. : a substance that inhibits the activity of another substance or the course of a reaction or process (as catalytic action, fluorescence, thermionic emission, nuclear fission) < a catalyst poison > < fission poisons > 4. or poison circle or poison spot : a game in which each player of a circle of players tries to force another into a designated central area so as to make him it Synonyms: venom, virus, toxin, bane: poison now refers to any matter that is lethal or very noxious (as strychnine, arsenic, carbon monoxide) or to anything thought of as having a similar effect < a populace whose emotional life has been drugged by the sugared poison of pseudo art — Roger Fry > < the nineteenth century had brought this new poison of mystic tribalism into the common life of Europe — Stringfellow Barr > venom may refer to a poison interjected with fierce malignant hostility < the venom of the rattlesnake > virus may refer to a submicroscopic agency of infection working with insidious deadliness or deleteriousness < the virus of infantile paralysis > toxin, less used in figurative senses than others in this group, may refer to a destructive toxic substance generated within a plant or animal body < the bacterial toxins, such as those of the organisms causing diphtheria, tetanus and botulism — W.A.Hagan > bane may apply to any cause of ruin, destruction, or great tribulation; in compounds it may designate poisonous substances and things < the military mania which has been the bane of some countries > < ratsbane > II. verb (poisoned ; poisoned ; poisoning \-z(^ə)niŋ\ ; poisons) Etymology: Middle English poisonen, from poisoun, poison, n. *transitive verb* 1. a. (1) : to give poison to : kill or injure by means of poison < was accused of poisoning her husband > (2) : to put poison on or into < poisoning an arrow > < poisoned the water > (3) : to taint, infect, or impregnate with poison < poisoned the air with its fumes > b. : to produce an abnormal condition in through the action of a poison or toxic substance < blood that has been poisoned by infection > 2. a. (1) : to exert a baneful influence on : corrupt, vitiate, pervert < poisoning minds with evil propaganda > (2) : to cause to be unfavorably disposed toward a person < malicious tales of that kind poisoned nearly everyone against him > b. (1) : to destroy, harm, or otherwise affect adversely as if by poison < aching in mind and body, poisoned with fatigue — Felix Riesenberg > (2) : to taint, infect, or impregnate as if with poison < even such harmless pleasures were poisoned with suspicion — Virginia Woolf > c. : to make unfit (as for some indicated or implied use or purpose) through the addition or application of something < poisoned the soup with too much salt > < parts of it were so dry and poisoned with alkali dust that no life existed there — S.H.Adams > 3. a. : to inhibit the activity of (as a catalyst) — compare promote b. : to inhibit the course or occurrence of (as a reaction or phenomenon) *intransitive verb* : to put poison into or on something < was in the lower field next day, poisoning — G.S.Perry > III. adjective Etymology: poison (I) 1. : poisonous < a poison plant > < a poison drink > : venomous < talk about poison tongues — Dan Wickenden > 2. : poisoned < a poison arrow > IV. adverb chiefly dialect : extremely, very < was poison pretty — Maristan Chapman > < is a poison bad world — R.L.Stevenson >
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