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单词 cocaine
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Definition of cocaine in English:

cocaine

noun kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn
mass noun
  • An addictive drug derived from coca or prepared synthetically, used as an illegal stimulant and sometimes medicinally as a local anaesthetic.

    Chemical formula: C₁₇H₂₁NO₄

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Police found cocaine and cannabis when they stopped a man in the street, a court has heard.
    • Tests showed she suffered a heart attack after taking heroin, morphine and cocaine.
    • At this point, back in the early half of the Eighties, cocaine was a recreational drug.
    • This would have a bad effect on society, as we don't want increased use of cocaine and heroin!
    • People say it is the start of the slippery slope to harder things like cocaine and heroin.
    • A man stopped by police on patrol in a local park was found to have cocaine and heroin on him.
    • Sigmund Freud experimented with this and other uses of cocaine and took the drug himself for many years.
    • At first cocaine was used only as a stimulant, but it soon became, and still is, widely abused.
    • This is a pathetic argument, as everybody knows drugs like heroin and cocaine destroy lives.
    • Bishop, who took heroin and cocaine in the days before the burglary, broke into the storage house.
    • Illegal drugs such as marijuana or cocaine may affect fertility, so don't use them.
    • She found a job and a flat but fell into drug use, taking cocaine and ecstasy, and her life began to fall apart.
    • During some of these incidents he admitted to being high on heroin and cocaine.
    • There they found traces of four banned substances, including heroin and cocaine.
    • A broken leg kept him out for a year and he became a nightclub regular, cocaine his usual drug of choice.
    • When I was sixteen I went to clubs and took ecstasy, cocaine or any other drugs connected to that scene.
    • Just one night I was in this club and this guy asked me if I wanted some cocaine, and I took a little bit.
    • Any drug, from tobacco and tea to cocaine and heroin, can be used responsibly if proper care is taken.
    • Senior police officers have been rapped for not keeping a close eye on batches of seized cocaine and heroin.
    • All this time would be much better used in trying to catch those selling heroin or cocaine, drugs which kill.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from coca + -ine4.

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne
 
 

Definition of cocaine in US English:

cocaine

noun
  • An addictive drug derived from coca or prepared synthetically, used as an illegal stimulant and sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic.

    An alkaloid; chemical formula: C₁₇H₂₁NO₄

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bishop, who took heroin and cocaine in the days before the burglary, broke into the storage house.
    • At this point, back in the early half of the Eighties, cocaine was a recreational drug.
    • Any drug, from tobacco and tea to cocaine and heroin, can be used responsibly if proper care is taken.
    • All this time would be much better used in trying to catch those selling heroin or cocaine, drugs which kill.
    • There they found traces of four banned substances, including heroin and cocaine.
    • People say it is the start of the slippery slope to harder things like cocaine and heroin.
    • This would have a bad effect on society, as we don't want increased use of cocaine and heroin!
    • She found a job and a flat but fell into drug use, taking cocaine and ecstasy, and her life began to fall apart.
    • Senior police officers have been rapped for not keeping a close eye on batches of seized cocaine and heroin.
    • Tests showed she suffered a heart attack after taking heroin, morphine and cocaine.
    • Sigmund Freud experimented with this and other uses of cocaine and took the drug himself for many years.
    • During some of these incidents he admitted to being high on heroin and cocaine.
    • At first cocaine was used only as a stimulant, but it soon became, and still is, widely abused.
    • Police found cocaine and cannabis when they stopped a man in the street, a court has heard.
    • This is a pathetic argument, as everybody knows drugs like heroin and cocaine destroy lives.
    • Illegal drugs such as marijuana or cocaine may affect fertility, so don't use them.
    • When I was sixteen I went to clubs and took ecstasy, cocaine or any other drugs connected to that scene.
    • Just one night I was in this club and this guy asked me if I wanted some cocaine, and I took a little bit.
    • A man stopped by police on patrol in a local park was found to have cocaine and heroin on him.
    • A broken leg kept him out for a year and he became a nightclub regular, cocaine his usual drug of choice.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from coca + -ine.

 
 
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