| 单词 | love pill |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslove pill love pill n. (a) a dose of a love potion, typically in tablet form (cf. philtre n.); (now also) any of various pills intended to improve libido, sexual performance, or sexual satisfaction; (b) slang (with the) the hallucinogenic drug 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, commonly known as Ecstasy. ΚΠ a1645 W. Strode Floating Island (1655) iv. xiii. sig. E3/2 Sir Amorous buyes a Love-pill. 1859 Humbug vi. 45 Were an enterprising Yankee permitted to advertise ‘Love Pills’..in one year he would amass a fortune. 1931 Lima (Ohio) News 24 Mar. 5/3 Balanescu was convicted of the sensational ‘love pill killing’ of Dorothy Kirk... The state alleged he fed the girl strange ‘love potions’ in a series of weird medical experiments until she died. 1968 T. Leary Politics of Ecstasy v. 100 Mind-altering chemicals... The scientist has to take the love pill. 1998 Mirror (Nexis) 21 July (Features section) 22 Our man..gives his verdict on the revolutionary love pill. My girlfriend Claire and I have a satisfying love life—but I couldn't turn down the chance to road-test Viagra. 2006 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 19 Aug. 5 (heading) Once..the drug of choice at rave parties and city nightclubs but now the love pill has come home. < as lemmas |
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