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BNC: 963 COCA: 461

drug

1 drug /ˈdrʌg/ noun
plural drugs
1 drug
/ˈdrʌg/
noun
plural drugs
Learner's definition of DRUG
[count]
: a substance that is used as a medicine药;药物
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
: an illegal and often harmful substance (such as heroin, cocaine, LSD, or marijuana) that people take for pleasure毒品
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
see also designer drug, gateway drug
2 drug /ˈdrʌg/ verb
drugs; drugged; drugging
2 drug
/ˈdrʌg/
verb
drugs; drugged; drugging
Learner's definition of DRUG
[+ object]
: to give a drug to (a person or animal) in order to make that person or animal very sleepy or unconscious使服麻醉药;使用麻醉药
: to add a drug to (a food or drink) in order to make someone sleepy or unconscious(在食品或饮料中)放麻醉药
BNC: 963 COCA: 461

drug

1 of 3

noun

plural drugs
1
a
: a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication
b according to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(1)
: a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary (see formulary sense 3)
(2)
: a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease
prescription drugs
drugs for treating high blood pressure
(3)
: a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body
(4)
: a substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device
2
: something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation (see habituation sense 2b), or a marked change in consciousness
keeping teens off drugs
heroin and other hard drugs
3
: a commodity that is not salable or for which there is no demand (see demand entry 1 sense 3a)
used in the phrase drug on the market
4
obsolete : a substance used in dyeing or chemical operations

drug

2 of 3

verb

drugged; drugging

transitive verb

1
: to affect with a drug (see drug entry 1)
especially : to stupefy by a narcotic drug
looks like he's been drugged
2
: to administer a drug to
drugged against pain
3
: to lull or stupefy as if with a drug
the kind of overly familiar music that delights most audiences and drugs most critics Time

intransitive verb

: to take drugs for narcotic effect

drug

3 of 3

dialectal past tense of drag

Example Sentences

Noun a new drug used to treat people with high blood pressure an experimental drug for the treatment of AIDS Have you ever taken any illegal drugs? I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs. Verb He looks like he's been drugged. Someone could have drugged your drink. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
San Diego Democrat was excoriated for blocking broader legislation, but his framework to lower drug costs was adopted and now receives wide praise About a year ago, Rep. Scott Peters was not very popular in some quarters. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law yesterday, addressing climate change, drug costs, and corporate tax rates. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2022 Yet aside from possibly insulin, drug costs are generally a much bigger deal for seniors than younger Americans. Peter Weber, The Week, 12 Aug. 2022 The reconciliation bill should reduce drug costs by empowering Medicare to negotiate down prices of some popular drugs with providers. Greg Ip, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 The legislation caps out-of-pocket drug costs to $2,000 a year, Gifford said. Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2022 Lowering drug costs and applying those savings to the Part A trust fund is an option. CBS News, 10 Aug. 2022 The bill, which among other things aims to ease pharmaceutical prices by letting the government negotiate Medicare's drug costs, is expected to cut the federal budget deficit by $300 billion over a decade. Christopher Rugaber, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022 The bill, which among other things aims to ease pharmaceutical prices by letting the government negotiate Medicare’s drug costs, is expected to cut the federal budget deficit by $300 billion over a decade. Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022
Verb
That dispiriting defeat, after 20 years of hard fighting against a determined enemy, no doubt contributes to the malaise driving soldiers to drug themselves with opioids and other toxic narcotics. Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2022 Because they’d been found on bodies of dead animals at the bottom of the sea, they drug whale carcasses and other dead animals out and sank them to the bottom. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 29 Aug. 2022 Linda Joy Traitz, a former waitress at a restaurant owned in part by Cosby, wrote a long Facebook post accusing him of trying to drug her in the early '70s. Chris Francescani, ABC News, 30 June 2021 Huntsville police drug their feet in working with the committee. Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 28 Apr. 2021 One chapter was about a profoundly disabled man who tried and then tried again to starve himself to death—until finally, at his rabid insistence, his mother agreed to drug him and hold a plastic bag over his head. Katie Engelhart, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2021 The famed comedian’s first trial, on charges of drugging and assaulting one woman, ended with a hung jury in June 2017. Deanna Paul, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020 Another consultant delivered similar findings in early 2013, although his credibility was undermined when he was accused of drugging and assaulting several women in Portland. oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2020 Shortly after Garrison left the company, an employee named Mary Ann Olszewski sued Bloomberg LP in 1996, alleging that she was drugged and raped by her supervisor. Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English drogge

First Known Use

Noun

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 4

Verb

1667, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of drug was in 1611
BNC: 963 COCA: 461
drug

noun¹

1substance used as a medicine藥物ADJECTIVE | ... OF DRUG | VERB + DRUG | DRUG + VERB | DRUG + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEpowerful, strong強效藥effective有效的藥safe安全的藥modern, new新藥wonder特效藥They're hailing it as the new wonder drug.他們把這種藥譽為新的靈丹妙藥。anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial, antiviral, etc.抗癌藥、消炎藥、抗瘧疾藥、抗病毒藥等sedative鎮靜藥psychoactive精神藥物More and more children are being prescribed psychoactive drugs.越來越多的孩子正服用精神藥物。prescription處方藥You used to be able to buy this medicine over the counter, but it is now a prescription drug.你以前能在櫃枱買到這種藥,但它現在是處方藥。non-prescription, over-the-counter非處方藥generic仿製藥;非專利藥We want to make it possible for African companies to produce cheaper generic drugs.我們要設法使非洲公司可以生產較為便宜的非專利藥品。brand-name (especially NAmE) 品牌藥performance-enhancing興奮劑an athlete who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs興奮劑檢測呈陽性的運動員... OF DRUGcourse, dose一個療程的藥;一服藥VERB + DRUGbe on, take用藥;服藥Are you taking any other drugs at present?你現在有沒有服用別的藥?prescribe (sb), put sb on(給某人)開藥;讓某人用藥The doctor put me on anti-inflammatory drugs.醫生給我開了消炎藥。give sb, treat sb with給某人藥;用藥給某人治病administer, give sb用藥;給某人藥The nurses came around to give the patients their drugs.護士們來給病人送藥。develop, manufacture, produce研製/製造/生產藥物new drugs that have been developed recently最近研製的新藥market銷售藥品test測試藥物approve批准藥品Some veterinary drugs are not approved for use in food-producing animals.一些獸藥未獲批准用於食用動物。be resistant to, not respond to對⋯藥有抗藥性;藥物不能奏效Some infections are now resistant to drugs.現在有些傳染病有抗藥性。DRUG + VERBcure sth, help sth, treat sth藥物治瘉⋯/有助於⋯/治療⋯drugs that help the growth of skin tissue有助於皮膚組織生成的藥物DRUG + NOUNcompany醫藥公司prices藥品價格Prescription drug prices rose.處方藥價格上漲了。PREPOSITIONdrug against治療⋯的藥a powerful drug against tuberculosis治療肺結核的強效藥drug for醫治⋯的藥He's taking drugs for depression.他正服藥治療抑鬱症。
drug

noun²

2illegal substance毒品ADJECTIVE | VERB + DRUG | DRUG + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVEillegal, illicit違禁藥物;非法藥物addictive成癮性藥物hallucinogenic, mood-altering, psychoactive, psychotropic致幻藥;改變情緒藥物;精神藥物class A, dangerous, hard * A 級/危險/硬性毒品heroin and other hard drugs海洛因及其他硬性毒品soft軟性毒品Some addicts start on soft drugs.有些吸毒成癮者是從吸食軟性毒品開始的。designer (= artificially produced) 特製致幻藥She had taken a new designer drug.她吸食了一種新的特製致幻藥。recreational娛樂性毒品They had a liberal attitude to recreational drugs.他們對於娛樂性毒品持一種寬容的態度。VERB + DRUGinject注射毒品 (See note for more verbs.) DRUG + NOUNbaron, kingpin, lord毒梟pusher毒販cartel販毒集團misuse毒品濫用screening, testing藥檢Some workplaces have introduced mandatory drug screening.一些工作場所引入了強制藥檢。drug offense, drugs offence (BrE) 毒品犯罪drug charge, drugs charge (BrE) 有關毒品的指控sentencing (especially NAmE) 販毒量刑a review of the drug sentencing laws to make penalties harsher為加重處罰力度而對涉毒案件的量刑法律作的複查drug squad, drugs squad (both BrE) 緝毒隊drug czar, drugs tsar (BrE) 緝毒總指揮The new federal drug czar claimed the nation was winning the war on drugs.聯邦政府新任緝毒總指揮宣稱國家正在贏得反毒品戰爭的勝利。the government's former drugs tsar政府原緝毒總指揮war緝毒運動the latest moves in the drug war緝毒運動的最近幾次行動 (See note for more nouns.) PHRASESdrink and drugs, drugs and alcohol (especially NAmE) 酗酒吸毒the dangers of drugs and alcohol酗酒與吸毒的危害

See also: Illegal drugs


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