addict

noun
🔊/ˈædɪkt/
🔊/ˈædɪkt/
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  1. a person who is unable to stop using or doing something as a habit, especially something harmful吸毒成瘾的人;瘾君子
    • a heroin/drug addict海洛因/吸毒者
    • a gambling/social media addict赌博/社交媒体迷
    • the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts吸毒者的治疗和康复
    • Many young boys become computer addicts.许多男孩子小小年纪就迷上了电脑。
    • I used to be a video game addict—I literally spent all my free time playing games.我过去是个电子游戏迷,我简直是把所有空余时间都花在打游戏上了。
    Topics Illnessc1, Social issuesc1, Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cocaine
    • drug
    • heroin
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from the obsolete verb addict, which was a back-formation from addicted.