intoxicated

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪd/
🔊/ɪnˈtɑːksɪkeɪtɪd/
(formal)
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  1. under the influence of alcohol or drugs喝醉的;(吸毒后)迷醉的 see also driving while intoxicatedTopics Illnessc2
  2. intoxicated (by/with something) very excited by something, so that you cannot think clearly陶醉的;忘乎所以的;极度兴奋的
    • intoxicated with success被成功冲昏了头脑
    Topics Feelingsc2
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘poison’): from medieval Latin intoxicare, from in- ‘into’ + toxicare ‘to poison’, from Latin toxicum (see toxic) + -ed.