单词 | addict |
释义 | addict n. /ad"ikt/; v. /euh dikt"/, n. 1. a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict. v.t. 2. to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic. 3. to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively: a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language; children addicted to video games. [1520-30; < L addictus assigned, surrendered (ptp. of addicere, equiv. to ad- AD- + dic- (var. s. of dicere to fix, determine) + -tus ptp. suffix)] Syn. 1. adherent, devotee; fanatic; junkie. |
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