- [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/吸烟涂料 He has admitted smoking dope as a teenager. 他已经承认自己十几岁时吸过大麻。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + dope- smoke
- smoking
- fiend
- pedlar/peddler
- …
- [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。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + dope- smoke
- smoking
- fiend
- pedlar/peddler
- …
- [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
Word Originearly 19th cent. (in the sense ‘thick liquid’): from Dutch doop ‘sauce’, from doopen ‘to dip, mix’.