- (formal)
a powerful illegal drug that affects the mind in a harmful way. Heroin and cocaine are narcotics. 致幻毒品;麻醉品 a narcotics agent (= a police officer investigating the illegal trade in drugs) 緝毒警察
Extra ExamplesHe has been arrested for trading in narcotics. 他已經因販賣毒品而被捕。 Narcotics trafficking represents 30 to 50 per cent of organized crime's take. 在有組織犯罪活動的涉案贓款中,販毒所佔的比重是三到五成。 The main reason people abuse illegal narcotics is so they may ‘escape’ from their harsh, cruel reality. 人們濫用非法毒品的主要原因是爲了逃避殘酷的現實。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mild
- powerful
- addictive
- …
- use
- agent
- detective
- officer
- …
- (
medical )醫學 a substance that relaxes you, reduces pain or makes you sleep 麻醉性鎮痛藥;麻醉藥;鎮靜劑 a mild narcotic 藥性溫和的鎮靜劑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mild
- powerful
- addictive
- …
- use
- agent
- detective
- officer
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French narcotique, via medieval Latin from Greek narkōtikos, from narkoun ‘make numb’.