opium

noun uncountable

US /ˈoʊpiəm/

1
a powerful illegal drug made from the seeds of a type of poppy (=flower). Opium was used in the past as a medicine for reducing pain.
Synonyms and related words
Illegal drugs and drugs sometimes taken illegally
acid
anabolic steroid
angel dust
2
something that tends to prevent people from having their own opinions and makes them quiet and easily controlled
the opium of the people/masses:
Television had replaced religion as the new opium of the people.
Synonyms and related words
Obedience and cooperation
adherence
at someone’s bidding
at someone’s insistence

单词	opium
释义	opium noun uncountable UK /ˈəʊpiəm/ DEFINITIONS2 1 a powerful illegal drug made from the seeds of a type of poppy (=flower). Opium was used in the past as a medicine for reducing pain. Synonyms and related words Illegal drugs and drugs sometimes taken illegally acid anabolic steroid cannabis 2 something that tends to prevent people from having their own opinions and makes them quiet and easily controlled the opium of the people/masses: Television had replaced religion as the new opium of the people. Synonyms and related words Obedience and cooperation adherence at someone’s bidding at someone’s insistence opium noun uncountable US /ˈoʊpiəm/ DEFINITIONS2 1 a powerful illegal drug made from the seeds of a type of poppy (=flower). Opium was used in the past as a medicine for reducing pain. Synonyms and related words Illegal drugs and drugs sometimes taken illegally acid anabolic steroid angel dust 2 something that tends to prevent people from having their own opinions and makes them quiet and easily controlled the opium of the people/masses: Television had replaced religion as the new opium of the people. Synonyms and related words Obedience and cooperation adherence at someone’s bidding at someone’s insistence
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