| 释义 |
ˈfreebase slang (orig. U.S.).
Also free base.
[base n.1 11.]
Cocaine purified by heating with ether, and taken (illegally) by inhaling the fumes or smoking the residue.
1980N.Y. Times 15 June iv. 7 A police lieutenant said Mr. Pryor had told a doctor the accident happened while he was trying to make ‘free base’, a cocaine derivative produced with the help of ether. 1981Daily Tel. 30 June 15/3 The doctor..began the therapy by showing her photographs of the aggressive behaviour of monkeys who had been fed cocaine ‘freebase’ in an experiment. 1984J. Lawton All Amer. War Game i. 12 Football may have..cooked a little ‘free-base’ stimulation in the dressing-room. 1986Q Oct. 51/2 Crack is the next step on, a sort of fast-food freebase.
Hence as v. intr. and trans., to make a ‘freebase’ of (cocaine); to take (the drug) in this form. Also ˈfreebasing vbl. n.
1980Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 18 June 1/1 A police spokesman said Pryor told doctors he was ‘free basing’,—purifying cocaine by using ether and a flame—when he was burned. 1980Time 23 June 10 The Los Angeles police say Pryor told them that the accident occurred while he was ‘free-basing’ cocaine. 1981Daily Tel. 30 June 15/3 She recalled that her seven-year-old daughter used to follow her around the house with a deodorant spray because she could not stand the smell of freebasing. 1985Times 21 Jan. 3/2 Cocaine..has traditionally been taken by sniffing but there are reports of ‘freebasing’, which involves heating the drug to remove impurities and then inhaling the fumes. |