opium
英['əʊpɪəm]
美['opɪəm]
词态变化
复数: opiums;助记提示
1. 音译“鸦片、阿片”。
2. 鸦片，又叫阿片，俗称大烟。
3. 希腊人称其音为“阿扁”。公元六世纪初，阿拉伯人把罂粟传到了波斯，波斯人变“扁”音为“片”，称其为“阿片”。在公元七八世纪的时候，罂粟作为药材从印度等地传入中国，中国人把“阿”音又发成了“鸦”音。从此，在中国就有了“鸦片（或雅片）”一词。中文词源
opium 鸦片来自拉丁语opium,鸦片，来自希腊语opion,罂粟汁，来自opos,蔬菜汁，植物汁。
英文词源
- opium
- opium: [14] Etymologically, opium means ‘little juice’. It comes via Latin from Greek ópion ‘poppy juice’, which originated as a diminutive form of opós ‘juice’. This in turn may be related to Persian āb ‘water’. The derivative opiate [16] comes via medieval Latin opiātus.
- opium (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin opium, from Greek opion "poppy juice, poppy," diminutive of opos "vegetable juice."
Die Religion ist der Seufzer der bedrängten Kreatur, das Gemüth einer herzlosen Welt, wie sie der Geist geistloser Zustände ist. Sie ist das Opium des Volks. [Karl Marx, "Zur Kritik der Hegel'schen Rechts-Philosophie," in "Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher," February, 1844]
The British Opium War against China lasted from 1839-42; the name is attested from 1841.
双语例句
- 1. They use opium as a sedative, rather than as a narcotic.
- 他们把鸦片用作镇静剂而不是毒品。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was forced to take opium to kill the pain.
- 他被迫服用鸦片来止痛。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Aurora felt the opium haze enfold her.
- 奥萝拉感觉自己被笼罩在鸦片烟霾中。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The use of opium was not criminalized until fairly recently.
- 直到最近抽鸦片才被判定为非法。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. That man gave her a dose of opium.
- 那男人给了她一剂鸦片.
来自《简明英汉词典》