opium

名词 opium:

1. an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy

1. Any of various sedative narcotics containing opium or one or more of its natural or synthetic derivatives.
   鸦片制剂一种含有镇静性的麻醉剂，含有鸦片或一种或多种自然或人工合成的衍生物
2. Opium is a narcotic drug.
   鸦片是麻醉剂。
3. Opium smoking has been done away with in your country. How did you manage it?
   你们国家己经没有抽鸦片的了。这一点你们怎么办到的？
4. It's illegal to sell opium in our country.
   在我们国家，卖鸦片是违法的。

o.pi.um

n.（名词）
A bitter, yellowish-brown, strongly addictive narcotic drug prepared from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
鸦片：一种味苦、瘾性很大的棕黄色毒品，从未熟的罂粟汁干燥物中制得，含有生物碱，如吗啡、可卡因、罂粟碱
Something that numbs or stupefies.
类似于鸦片的物质

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin
源自 拉丁语
from Greek opion [diminutive of] opos [vegetable juice]
源自 希腊语 opion [] opos的小后缀 [蔬菜汁]