| 单词 | truth serum |
| 释义 | > as lemmastruth serum truth serum n. a psychoactive drug administered (typically intravenously) to a person with the intention of making him or her tell the truth, esp. in a criminal investigation; cf. truth drug n.In quot. 1913: a notional serum with which a liar may be inoculated so that he or she will tell the truth. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > other types of intoxicating drug truth serum1913 truth drug1922 whoonga2010 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > substance truth serum1913 truth drug1922 soap1975 1913 New Eng. Med. Gaz. Apr. 200 We must ‘treat him as we would any other pathological condition’; vaccinate him with a little truth serum. 1922 N.Y. Times 15 Feb. 6/2 (headline) Says ‘Truth Serum’ worked on convicts. 1977 J. Crosby Company of Friends vi. 43 Acetol is the strongest truth serum there is. Do you remember talking, talking, talking? 2001 E. Colfer Artemis Fowl v. 121 That's where we administered the sodium pentathol. Commonly known as truth serum. You sang like a bird. < as lemmas |
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