单词 | addict |
释义 | addict (once / 737 pages) vn If you are a cookie addict, it means you are addicted to cookies. You just can't get enough of them. Of course there are far more serious forms of addiction out there. The word addict is usually used to refer to someone who is addicted to drugs. Even good things can get you addicted. Work addicts are called workaholics. There are no words for the dangers of being addicted to reading (well, there is "biblioholism"), to the Internet, or to exercise, but those addictions are also real. WORD FAMILYaddict: addicted, addicting, addiction, addictive, addicts+/addicted: addictedly, unaddicted/addiction: addictions/addictive: addictively, nonaddictive USAGE EXAMPLESSurely now is when we’ll finally get some forward thinking from a league addicted to its past. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) It’s a simple yet addicting game that manages to sneak into the top 10 of 2016. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) Methadone clinics draw addicts from around the city. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) Syn|Hyper hook accustom, habituate make psychologically or physically used (to something) 2n someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms Hypo|Hyper caffein addict, caffeine addict someone addicted to caffeine drug addict, junkie, junkya narcotics addict speed freakaddict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines) cocaine addicta person addicted to cocaine binger, crack addictsomeone addicted to crack cocaine heroin addictsomeone addicted to heroin opium addict, opium takersomeone addicted to opium withdrawera drug addict who is discontinuing the use of narcotics drug user, substance abuser, user a person who takes drugs 3n someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction a golf addict Syn|Hypo|Hyper freak, junkie, junky, nut gym rat someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa enthusiast, partisan, partizan an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity |
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