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Opiate Cringe Crinkle Latin 20055.Opiate 英 əʊpɪət]美 Opɪət

正面 20055.opiate
英 ['əʊpɪət]美 ['opɪət]

背面
释义:
n. 鸦片制剂;麻醉剂;镇静剂adj. 含鸦片的;安眠的vt. 用鸦片麻醉;使缓和
例句:
1. It was Karl Marx who said, "Religion is the opiate of the people".卡尔·马克思曾说,“宗教是人民的精神鸦片。”

1. cringe => crinkle. cringe 与 crinkle 同源。2. crinkle 是 cringe 的变体(*crink-)的反复体(-le).3. probably from PIE root *ker-/*sker- "turn, bend".
opiate 鸦片制剂来自opium,鸦片,-ate,表属性。引申词义鸦片制剂。
opiate (n.)"medicine containing opium," early 15c., from Medieval Latin opiatus, from Latin opium (see opium). Figurative sense of "anything that dulls the feelings" is from 1640s. From 1540s in English as an adjective, "made with or containing opium.""

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