单词 | opium |
释义 | opium n.   1. a reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used in medicine as an analgesic and narcotic.   2. anything regarded as soothing or stupefying. Phrases and idioms opium den a haunt of opium-smokers. opium poppy a poppy, Papaver somniferum, native to Europe and E. Asia, with white, red, pink, or purple flowers. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk opion poppy-juice f. opos juice |
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