heroin
英 ['herəʊɪn]
美 ['hɛroɪn]
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heroin 海洛因商标名，吗啡替代物，来自hero,英雄，-in,化学名词后缀。因这种药物让人产生飘飘然的感觉而得名。
- heroin (n.)
- 1898, from German Heroin, coined 1898 as trademark registered by Friedrich Bayer & Co. for their morphine substitute, traditionally from Greek heros (see hero (n.1)) because of the euphoric feeling the drug provides, but no evidence for this seems to have been found so far.
A new hypnotic, to which the name of "heroin" has been given, has been tried in the medical clinic of Professor Gerhardt in Berlin. ["The Lancet," Dec. 3, 1898]
- 1. The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau.
- 美国的海洛因市场现在似乎已到了停滞期。
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- 2. Withdrawal from heroin is actually like a severe attack of gastric flu.
- 戒断海洛因的过程实际上就像患了一场严重的胃肠型流感。
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- 3. He spent a number of years hooked on cocaine, heroin and alcohol.
- 他有好几年时间吸食可卡因和海洛因成瘾，还整日酗酒。
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- 4. He began by reading everything he could find out about heroin.
- 他从阅读所有能找到的有关海洛因的资料开始。
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- 5. Many of the women are addicted to heroin and cocaine.
- 这些女人中很多人都吸食海洛因和可卡因成瘾了。
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