narcotic
英 [nɑ?'k?t?k]
美 [nɑr'kɑt?k]
- adj. 麻醉的；有麻醉作用的；催眠的
- n. [藥] 麻醉藥；鎮靜劑；起麻醉作用的事物
助記提示
1. Narcotine：【藥物】那可丁、那可汀、鴉片寧(鎮咳藥)。
2. narc- (諧音“老嗑、老瞌”)---老是瞌睡、老是嗑藥。
中文詞源
narcotic 致幻的，催眠的來自narcotic,麻醉。
英文詞源
- narcotic
- narcotic: [14] Greek nárkē meant ‘numbness’. From it was derived the verb narkoun ‘make numb’, which in turn formed the basis of the adjective narkōtikós ‘numbing’, which passed into English via medieval Latin narcōticus and Old French narcotique.
- narcotic (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French narcotique (early 14c.), noun use of adjective, and directly from Medieval Latin narcoticum, from Greek narkotikon, neuter of narkotikos "making stiff or numb," from narkotos, verbal adjective of narcoun "to benumb, make unconscious," from narke "numbness, deadness, stupor, cramp" (also "the electric ray"), perhaps from PIE root *(s)nerq- "to turn, twist." Sense of "any illegal drug" first recorded 1926, American English. Related: Narcotics.
- narcotic (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Middle French narcotique (14c.) or German narkotisch and directly from Medieval Latin narcoticus, from Greek narkotikos (see narcotic (n.)). Related: Narcotical (1580s).
雙語例句
- 1. They use opium as a sedative, rather than as a narcotic.
- 他們把鴉片用作鎮靜劑而不是毒品。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Opium is classed under the head of narcotic.
- 鴉片是歸入麻醉劑一類的東西.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Opium is a narcotic drug.
- 鴉片是麻醉劑.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. He appears to be high on some sort of narcotic.
- 他看起來飄飄欲仙，像是吸食了某種毒品。
來自辭典例句
- 5. No medical worker is allowed to prescribe any narcotic drug for him/herself.
- 醫務人員不得為自己開處方使用麻醉藥品。
來自辭典例句