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    opium

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Drugs, medicines, Drug culture
    o·pi·um /ˈəʊpiəm $ ˈoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]  MDMa powerful illegal drug made from poppy seeds. Drugs made from opium are used to reduce severe pain. 鸦片 → heroin
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    opium• The architect must have been an opium fiend.• He pried off his shoes; loosened his collar; slumped in his seat like an opium smoker.• She was certainly not an opium smoker.• Where were the calomel pills and opium and brandy?• It produces effects that mimic those of many other drugs, such as opium, cocaine, Valium, and ether.• Compared to the large opium fields nearby, the bikes were harmless.• But what kind of person would want opium?• Lapsang Souchong was opium, bohemia, late nights and Gauloises.    Origin opium (1300-1400) Latin Greek opion, from opos “plant juice”
    o·pi·um nounChineseSyllable
    from seeds. illegal Drugs powerful Corpus a made poppy made drug from


    opium
    o‧pi‧um /ˈəʊpiəm $ ˈoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Latin
     Origin: Greek opion, from opos 'plant juice'
    a powerful illegal drug made from poppy seeds. Drugs made from opium are used to reduce severe pain. ⇨ heroin


    opiumBrE /ˈəʊpiəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈoʊpiəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a powerful drug made from the juice of a type of poppy illegally for pleasure and can become addicted (= a kind of flower), used in the past in medicines to reduce pain and help people sleep. Some people take opium illegally for pleasure and can become addicted to it. 鸦片