junkie

/ˈdʒʌŋki/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdʒʌŋki/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈjəŋ-kē/ (ame, mw)

junkie — noun

  • junkiesingular
  • junkiesplural

1. a person whose body and mind depend on illegal drugs such as heroin, so they can

1.名詞B2
釋義

a person whose body and mind depend on illegal drugs such as heroin, so they cannot stop using them even when the drugs hurt their health, money, or family.

例句

Asher's cousin became a heroin junkie after losing his job in Detroit.

common collocation: heroin junkie

The clinic helps junkies in the neighborhood get clean and find part-time work.

typical context: clinic / get clean

同義詞
  • addict

    more neutral; common in news and medical contexts

  • user

    neutral and short; describes someone who takes drugs without judging how serious it is

  • druggie

    also informal and harsh; common in British speech

反義詞
  • non-user

    clinical opposite; someone who does not take the drug at all

文法句型

a junkie

heroin junkie

用法筆記

Informal and often disrespectful — many people prefer 'person with a drug addiction' in news writing or polite speech. Subject is usually a single person; plural 'junkies' describes a visible group in a specific place.

常見錯誤

❌My grandmother takes pills every day, so she is a junkie.
✅My grandmother takes pills every day for her heart.
💡'junkie' is only for illegal-drug addiction, not prescribed medicine.
❌He is a coffee junkie because he drinks five cups a day.
✅He is a coffee addict because he drinks five cups a day.
💡for everyday habits, 'junkie' in sense 1 sounds wrong; if you mean an enthusiast, use sense 2 ('coffee junkie' works only as a light joke).

2. a person who loves a hobby, activity, or feeling so much that they always want m

2.名詞B2
釋義

a person who loves a hobby, activity, or feeling so much that they always want more of it, in the same playful way an addict craves a drug — for example, someone who watches the news every hour, or who chases extreme sports.

例句

Kian is a total adrenaline junkie and jumps off cliffs every summer in Croatia.

very common collocation: adrenaline junkie

Eshe checks five news apps before breakfast — she is a real news junkie.

[noun] + junkie pattern; news junkie

同義詞
  • enthusiast

    neutral and polite; fits formal writing where 'junkie' would sound too casual

  • fanatic

    stronger; suggests the interest is extreme or even unhealthy

  • addict

    playful in this metaphorical sense (chocolate addict, work addict); very similar feel to 'junkie'

文法句型

[noun] + junkie

a news junkie

an adrenaline junkie

用法筆記

Almost always preceded by a noun naming the obsession (news, adrenaline, gym, coffee). Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is playful and self-aware, not about drug dependence. The same speaker can use it about themselves with pride.

常見錯誤

❌I am a junkie of reading books.
✅I am a book junkie.
💡put the topic word directly before 'junkie', not after it with 'of'.
❌He is junkie for football.
✅He is a junkie for football.' or better 'He is a football junkie.
💡needs the article 'a', and the noun-before-junkie pattern is more common.