opiate
/ˈəʊpiət/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈəʊpiət/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈō-pē-ət -ˌāt/ (ame, mw)
opiate — 名詞
- opiatesingular
- opiatesplural
1. a medicine made from opium, or directly from it, that is used to ease strong pai
鴉片劑
由鴉片製成的止痛或催眠藥
a medicine made from opium, or directly from it, that is used to ease strong pain or make someone sleep.
After the accident, Karim received an opiate to ease the pain in his leg.
那場意外後，Karim 服用了鴉片劑來減輕腿上的疼痛。
receive an opiate to + verb
The nurse checked Esme's breathing after the opiate made her unusually sleepy.
那種鴉片劑讓 Esme 特別想睡後，護理師檢查了她的呼吸。
check breathing after an opiate
Police found illegal opiates hidden inside two tea tins in Tuan's bag.
警方在 Tuan 的包裡兩個茶罐中搜出了非法鴉片劑。
Because the first tablet failed, Kemi was given a stronger opiate overnight.
因為第一顆藥錠沒效，Kemi 夜裡又被給了一種更強的鴉片劑。
- opioid
broader and more modern; also includes fully synthetic drugs
- narcotic
more formal and often used in law or policing
- painkiller
everyday and much broader; many painkillers are not opiates
文法句型
take/give + an opiate
strong opiate
illegal opiate
用法筆記
Common in medical or legal contexts rather than everyday conversation. In ordinary speech, people often say 'painkiller' unless they need to stress the opium-based class of drug.
常見錯誤
opiate — 形容詞
- opiatepositive
- more opiatecomparative
- most opiatesuperlative
1. having opium as one of its ingredients.
含鴉片的
內含鴉片成分
having opium as one of its ingredients.
The old cough bottle contained an opiate syrup that made children drowsy.
那瓶舊止咳藥水裡含鴉片的糖漿會讓孩子昏昏欲睡。
opiate syrup
A faded label warned that the powder included an opiate ingredient.
褪色的標籤警告說，那種粉末含有鴉片的成分。
opiate ingredient
Inspectors removed the opiate mixture from the market after the recall.
檢查員在回收令後，把那種含鴉片的混合藥品下架了。
The chemist kept a record of every opiate tincture sold that week.
藥劑師記下了那一週售出的每一瓶含鴉片的酊劑。
- opium-based
clearer in modern everyday English, though less technical
文法句型
opiate + syrup/mixture/tincture/ingredient
用法筆記
Usually appears before a noun naming a substance or preparation. Unlike sense 2, this sense says the thing itself contains opium.
2. connected with opiate drugs, their action, or the body parts that respond to the
鴉片類的
與鴉片類藥物或受體有關
connected with opiate drugs, their action, or the body parts that respond to them.
Researchers measured opiate receptors in the brain tissue after the trial.
研究人員在試驗後量測了腦組織中的鴉片類受體。
opiate receptors
The report compared opiate signals with other pathways that control pain.
那份報告把鴉片類訊號和其他控制疼痛的路徑拿來比較。
opiate signals
Doctors watched for opiate side effects during the first night after surgery.
醫師在手術後的第一晚觀察是否出現鴉片類副作用。
The textbook explains how opiate drugs attach to special cell receptors.
課本解釋了鴉片類藥物如何附著在特殊的細胞受體上。
- opioid
often preferred in modern medical writing because it covers the wider drug family
文法句型
opiate + receptor/effect/side effect/drug
用法筆記
Often used in scientific or medical writing with nouns such as 'receptor', 'signal', or 'effect'. Unlike sense 1, it does not say the object literally contains opium.
3. bringing on a drug-like sleepy or numbed state.
催眠的
會讓人昏沉想睡的
bringing on a drug-like sleepy or numbed state.
After the injection, Ritu fell into an opiate sleep before the X-ray.
打完針後，Ritu 在照 X 光前就陷入了催眠的睡意裡。
fall into an opiate sleep
By evening, the syrup left Kabir in an opiate calm on the sofa.
到了傍晚，那瓶糖漿讓 Kabir 在沙發上進入一種催眠的平靜。
left someone in an opiate calm
Within an hour, the tablet had an opiate effect on Lukas and he drifted off.
不到一小時，那顆藥就對 Lukas 產生了催眠的效果，他很快睡著了。
Warm milk and the tablets brought an opiate heaviness to her eyelids.
溫牛奶和那些藥片讓她的眼皮湧上一股催眠的沉重感。
文法句型
opiate + sleep/effect/calm/heaviness
用法筆記
This sense focuses on the sleepy, narcotic effect itself. Unlike sense 4, it describes physical drowsiness rather than social or mental passivity.
4. making people mentally dull, passive, or less ready to act.
使人麻木的
讓人遲鈍、不想行動的
making people mentally dull, passive, or less ready to act.
The speech had an opiate effect on the crowd, and no one argued back.
那場演說對群眾產生了使人麻木的效果，沒有人回嘴。
opiate effect on + group
For him, the routine became an opiate comfort that blocked every hard decision.
對他來說，那套日常規律成了一種使人麻木的安慰，擋住了每個艱難決定。
opiate comfort
Cheap entertainment served as an opiate escape from the town's anger.
廉價娛樂成了一種使人麻木的逃避，讓人暫時離開小鎮的怒氣。
The leader offered an opiate promise of calm instead of real reform.
那位領袖端出一種使人麻木的平靜承諾，而不是真正的改革。
- numbing
more common and less literary
- stupefying
stronger; stresses mental dullness
- stimulating
encourages energy or action instead of dulling it
文法句型
opiate + effect/comfort/promise/escape
用法筆記
Mostly figurative and often critical in tone. It suggests that something soothes people in a way that keeps them quiet or inactive.