This flashcard defines "poison" as a substance that harms or kills, and also as a verb meaning to kill or harm someone or something with poison. It can also mean to contaminate or spoil something, like air or water, or to have a corrupting influence on a situation or relationship.
This flashcard defines "poison" as a substance that harms or kills, and also as a verb meaning to kill or harm someone or something with poison. It can also mean to contaminate or spoil something, like air or water, or to have a corrupting influence on a situation or relationship.
[N-MASS 物质名词]毒物；毒药；毒素Poison is a substance that harms or kills people or animals if they swallow it or absorb it.
Poison from the weaver fish causes paralysis, swelling, and nausea...
龙的毒素会引起瘫痪、肿胀和恶心。
Mercury is a known poison.
水银是一种已知的有毒物质。
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[VERB 动词]（人）使中毒，毒杀，毒害 If someone poisons another person, they kill the person or make them ill by giving them poison.
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The rumours that she had poisoned him could never be proved.
她曾下毒害他的谣言永远都无法得到证实。
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She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.
她因投毒和谋杀未遂被判20年监禁。
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[VERB 动词]（物质）使中毒，毒死 If you are poisoned by a substance, it makes you very ill and sometimes kills you.
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Employees were taken to hospital yesterday after being poisoned by fumes...
因吸入有害气体而中毒的员工昨天被送进了医院。
Toxic waste could endanger lives and poison fish.
有毒废物可能危及生命，毒死鱼类。
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...acute alcohol poisoning...
急性酒精中毒
His illness was initially diagnosed as food poisoning.
他的病最初被诊断为食物中毒。
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[VERB 动词]在…中放毒；在…上涂毒 If someone poisons a food, drink, or weapon, they add poison to it so that it can be used to kill someone.
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If I was your wife I would poison your coffee.
如果我是你老婆，我会在你的咖啡里下毒。
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He was terrified to eat, suspecting that the food was poisoned.
他不敢吃东西，怀疑食物被人投了毒。
...an umbrella tipped with a poisoned dart.
伞尖装有毒镖的雨伞
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[VERB 动词]破坏，污染（水、空气或土地） To poison water, air, or land means to damage it with harmful substances such as chemicals.
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...the textile and fibre industries that taint the air, poison the water and use vast amounts of natural resources...
污染空气、破坏水源并消耗大量自然资源的纺织纤维工业
The land has been completely poisoned by chemicals.
土地已被化学品彻底污染。
...dying forests, poisoned rivers and lakes.
正在消失的森林、遭污染的河流和湖泊
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[VERB 动词]危害；败坏；毒化 Something that poisons a good situation or relationship spoils it or destroys it.
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The whole atmosphere has really been poisoned.
整个气氛已全然遭到破坏。
...ill-feeling that will poison further talk of a common foreign policy.
将会危害有关共同外交政策的进一步商讨的敌意
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[PHRASE 短语]（通常指以谎言）使（对…）产生恶感，使（对…）心怀仇视 If someone poisons your mind against another person, they make you dislike that person, usually by telling you things that are not true.
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poi·son★/ˈpɔɪzn; NAmEˈpɔɪzn/
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poisonpoisonspoisonedpoisoningnoun★[countable , uncountable ]1★a substance that causes death or harm if it is swallowed or absorbed into the body 毒药；毒物；毒素◆Some mushrooms contain a deadly poison.有些蘑菇含有致命毒素。◆How did he die? Was it poison?他是怎么死的？是中毒吗？◆The dog was killed by rat poison (= poison intended to kill rats). 狗被耗子药毒死了。◆to hunt with poison arrows用毒箭狩猎◆bombs containing poison gas毒气弹2an idea, a feeling, etc. that is extremely harmful 极有害的思想（或心情等）；精神毒药◆the poison of racial hatred种族仇恨这种害人的思想IDIOMwhat's your ˈpoison?( informal,humorous) used to ask sb what alcoholic drink they would like （用于问别人想喝什么酒）☞more at
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n.verb★1★poisonsb/yourself (with sth) to harm or kill a person or an animal by giving them poison 毒死；毒害2★poisonsth to put poison in or on sth 下毒；在…中放毒◆a poisoned arrow毒箭◆Someone had been poisoning his food.有人一直在他的食物里下毒。◆Large sections of the river have been poisoned by toxic waste from factories.工厂的有毒废弃物污染了大段大段的河流。3poisonsth to have a bad effect on sth 毒化；败坏；使恶化◆His comment served only to poison the atmosphere still further.他的评论只是令气氛更加恶化了。◆She succeeded in poisoning their mindsagainst me. 是她令他们仇视我的。IDIOMa poisoned ˈchalice( especially BrE) a thing that seems attractive when it is given to sb but which soon becomes unpleasant 金杯毒酒poi·son/ˈpɔɪzn; NAmEˈpɔɪzn/
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poisonpoi‧son1 /ˈpɔɪzən/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] a substance that can cause death or serious illness if you eat it, drink it etc: Belladonna and red arsenic are deadly poisons. a box of rat poison (=poison to kill rats) He swallowed some type of poison.2[countable] something such as an emotion or idea that makes you behave badly or become very unhappy: Hatred is a poison that will destroy your life.3what’s your poison? old-fashioned spoken a humorous way of asking which alcoholic drink someone would like → one man’s meat is another man’s poison
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COLLOCATIONSverbstake/swallow poison· He committed suicide by taking poison.give somebody poison· She admitted two charges of giving poison to her daughter.administer poison formal (=give it to someone)· He could not have administered the poison that had put Mark in a coma.put poison in something· She put poison in his wine.lace something with poison (=put poison in something)· He laced the emperor's tea with poison.put poison down (=put it somewhere to kill an animal)· One way of getting rid of rats or mice is to put poison down.adjectivesa deadly poison· The berries contain a deadly poison.a slow-acting/quick-acting poison· Cyanide is a very strong, quick-acting poison.a virulent poison (=one that makes someone very ill or kills them)· Scorpions produce a virulent poison.phrasesa dose of poison (=an amount of poison)· He had taken a massive dose of poison.a trace of poison (=a small amount of poison that is still present somewhere)· Traces of the poison were found in the family car.
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poisonpoison2 ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to give someone poison, especially by adding it to their food or drink, in order to harm or kill them: She was accused in 1974 of poisoning her second husband, Charles. He killed several people by poisoning their tea.poison somebody with something Helms attempted to poison his whole family with strychnine.2if a substance poisons someone, it makes them sick or kills them: Thousands of children were poisoned by radiation.3to make land, rivers, air etc dirty and dangerous, especially by the use of harmful chemicals: Pesticides are poisoning our rivers.4to have very harmful and unpleasant effects on someone’s mind, emotions, or a situation: Her childhood had been poisoned by an abusive stepfather. The law will only serve to poison relations between the US and Mexico. Television violence is poisoning the minds of young people.► see thesaurus at
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5poisoned chalice an important job that someone is given, which is likely to cause them a lot of trouble—poisoner noun [countable]