narcotic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /nɑːˈkɒtɪk/    美 /nɑɹˈkɑtɪk/|[nɑɹˈkɑɾɪk]|/nɐːˈkɔtɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.
    — "Real San Juan Colorado," he said. "Excitable people like you are the better for narcotics. Heavens! don't bite it! Cut - and cut with reverence!"
  2. Any type of numbing or soothing drug.
    — But, for the unquiet heart and brain, ⁠A use in measured language lies; ⁠The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, or relating to narcotics.
  2. Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.
    — The duration of a prescription may give clues into how long a person ends up using a narcotic painkiller, a new study finds.

词形变化

narcotics plural narcotick alternative,obsolete more narcotic comparative most narcotic superlative narcotick alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
antinarcotic anti-narcotic narcotics nonnarcotic non-narcotic subnarcotic counternarcotic electronarcotic narcotically narcoticize
相关词
narco- narcosis narcoterrorism narcotize

词源

词源 1
From Middle English narcotyk, from Middle French narcotique (from Old French narcotique, noun use of adjective) and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticum, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκόν (narkōtĭkón), neuter of ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtĭkós), from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “to benumb”), from νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness, torpor”).
词源 2
From Middle French narcotique or German narkotisch and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticus, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtĭkós).
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