opium

opium — noun

1. a strong drug from poppy juice, once used as medicine for bad pain or sleep, but

1.名詞C2
釋義

a strong drug from poppy juice, once used as medicine for bad pain or sleep, but also taken illegally because it can easily cause dependence.

例句

Doctors once used opium to calm severe pain after surgery.

used opium to + verb

The police found bags of opium under the truck seat.

同義詞
  • opiate

    a medical word for opium itself or a drug directly related to it

  • narcotic

    more formal and broader; covers other drugs that reduce pain or cause sleep

  • painkiller

    everyday and much broader; many painkillers are not opium

文法句型

smoke/use opium

opium + trade/addiction/pipe/den

用法筆記

Usually treated as an uncountable noun. Common with words about history, trade, addiction, and smoking, such as 'opium trade', 'opium den', and 'smoke opium'.

常見錯誤

❌The farmer planted opium behind the house.
✅The farmer planted poppies behind the house.
💡'opium' is the drug; the plant is the poppy.
❌The nurse gave me an opium for my headache.
✅The nurse gave me pain medicine for my headache.
💡'opium' is not a general countable word for an ordinary medicine.