drug

/drʌg/

Thân thiện

A doctor prescribes a drug to treat a patient's infection.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A substance used as a medicine: A "drug" is a substance used to treat, cure, prevent, or diagnose a disease or to promote well-being.
   • A narcotic or psychoactive substance: A "drug" is also a substance, often illegal, that affects the mind or body when taken, often leading to dependence or addiction.

2. Verb:

   • To administer a drug to someone: To give a person or animal a drug, often secretly or without their full knowledge.
   • To use recreational drugs: To take illegal or psychoactive drugs for non-medical purposes.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The doctor prescribed a new drug for her infection.
  • He was arrested for selling illegal drugs.
• Verb:
  • The kidnappers drugged their victim to keep him quiet.
  • She swore she would never drug again after rehab.

Advanced Usage

• "A drug on the market": An idiom meaning a commodity that is in excess supply and therefore difficult to sell.
  • The new model made the old phones a drug on the market.
• "To be drugged up": To be under the influence of drugs, especially to a significant degree.
  • After the surgery, he was too drugged up to speak clearly.

Variants and Related Words

• Druggist (n): An old-fashioned term for a pharmacist.
• Druggy/Druggie (n, informal): A person who regularly uses illegal drugs.
• Drugstore (n): A pharmacy, especially one that also sells other goods.

Synonyms

• Noun (Medicine): Medication, pharmaceutical, remedy.
• Noun (Narcotic): Narcotic, opiate, stimulant, dope (slang).
• Verb (Administer): Sedate, medicate, dose.
• Verb (Use recreationally): Use, take, abuse substances.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Drug up (informal): To administer drugs to someone, often to sedate them.
  • They had to drug up the agitated patient for his own safety.

Related Idioms

• A hard/tough drug: A highly addictive and dangerous drug like heroin or cocaine.
  • He started with marijuana but soon moved on to hard drugs.
• A wonder drug: A drug that is remarkably effective.
  • Penicillin was considered a wonder drug when it was first discovered.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

Verb

1. use recreational drugs
2. administer a drug to
   • They drugged the kidnapped tourist

Từ đồng nghĩa

• do drugs
• dose