opium
noun /ˈəʊpiəm/
/ˈəʊpiəm/
[uncountable]- a powerful drug made from the juice of a type of poppy (= 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 - opium poppies
罂粟 - the opium trade
鸦片贸易
Collocations Dictionaryverb + opium- smoke
- poppy
- den
词源late Middle English: via Latin from Greek opion ‘poppy juice’, from opos ‘juice’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘water’. - opium poppies