dope
noun /dəʊp/
/dəʊp/
- [uncountable] (informal) a drug that is used illegally for pleasure
In (British English) dope usually means cannabis. In (North American English) it can also refer to heroin.麻醉剂,毒品(尤指大麻,在美国尤指海洛因) - to peddle/smoke dope
兜售/吸食毒品 - He has admitted smoking dope as a teenager.
他已经承认自己十几岁时吸过大麻。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + dope- smoke
- smoking
- fiend
- pedlar/peddler
- …
- to peddle/smoke dope
- [uncountable] a drug that is taken by a person or given to an animal to affect their performance in a race or sport
兴奋剂 - The athlete failed a dope test (= a medical test showed that he had taken such drugs).
这个运动员未能通过药检。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + dope- smoke
- smoking
- fiend
- pedlar/peddler
- …
- The athlete failed a dope test (= a medical test showed that he had taken such drugs).
- [countable] (informal) a stupid person
synonym idiotTopics Personal qualitiesc2笨蛋;呆子;蠢货 - [uncountable] the dope (on somebody/something) (informal) information on somebody/something, especially details that are not generally known
内幕消息;情报 - Give me the dope on the new boss.
把新上司的底细告诉我吧。
- Give me the dope on the new boss.
词源early 19th cent. (in the sense ‘thick liquid’): from Dutch doop ‘sauce’, from doopen ‘to dip, mix’.