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narcotic

noun
🔊/nɑːˈkɒtɪk/
🔊/nɑːrˈkɑːtɪk/
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  1. (formal) a powerful illegal drug that affects the mind in a harmful way. Heroin and cocaine are narcotics.致幻毒品；麻醉品
    • a narcotics agent (= a police officer investigating the illegal trade in drugs)缉毒警察
    Extra Examples
    • He has been arrested for trading in narcotics.他已经因贩卖毒品而被捕。
    • Narcotics trafficking represents 30 to 50 per cent of organized crime's take.在有组织犯罪活动的涉案赃款中，贩毒所占的比重是三到五成。
    • The main reason people abuse illegal narcotics is so they may ‘escape’ from their harsh, cruel reality.人们滥用非法麻醉品的主要原因是，他们可以从严酷残酷的现实中“逃脱”。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • mild
    • powerful
    • addictive
    • …
    verb + narcotic
    • use
    narcotics + noun
    • agent
    • detective
    • officer
    • …
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  2. (medical医学) a substance that relaxes you, reduces pain or makes you sleep麻醉性镇痛药；麻醉药；镇静剂
    • a mild narcotic药性温和的镇静剂
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • mild
    • powerful
    • addictive
    • …
    verb + narcotic
    • use
    narcotics + noun
    • agent
    • detective
    • officer
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French narcotique, via medieval Latin from Greek narkōtikos, from narkoun ‘make numb’.

narcotic

adjective
🔊/nɑːˈkɒtɪk/
🔊/nɑːrˈkɑːtɪk/
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  1. (of a drug药物) that affects your mind in a harmful way致幻的；麻醉的Topics Social issuesc2
  2. (of a substance物质) making you sleep催眠的
    • a mild narcotic effect温和的催眠作用
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French narcotique, via medieval Latin from Greek narkōtikos, from narkoun ‘make numb’.