poison
n[C, U]
1 substance causing death or harm if absorbed by a living thing (animal or plant) 毒藥; 毒物: rat poison 老鼠藥
poison for killing weeds 除草劑
commit suicide by taking poison 服毒自殺
[attrib 作定語]
poison gas, ie esp as used to kill people in war 毒氣(尤指戰爭中用的).
2 (infml derog 口, 貶) extremely unpleasant food 極糟的食物
I'm not eating that poison! 我可不吃那種豬食! poison, v [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (with sth)
1
(a) give poison to (a living thing); kill or harm sb/sth with poison 施毒於(某生物); 用毒藥毒死或毒害某人[某物]
His wife poisoned him with arsenic. 他妻子用砒霜把他毒死了.
Are our children being poisoned by lead in the atmosphere? 我們的兒童是否受著空氣中鉛的毒害?
(b) put poison in sth 在某物中放毒
The chemical companies are poisoning our rivers with effluent. 這些化學公司排出廢水污染著我們的河流.
2
(a) injure sth morally; corrupt sth (在道德上)敗壞某事物; 腐化某事物
poison sb's mind with propaganda 通過宣傳毒害某人的思想.
(b) fill sth with suffering, bitterness, etc; spoil or ruin sth 使某事物受苦、 受難、 受罪等; 破壞或毀壞某事物
a quarrel which poisoned our friendship 有損我們友誼的爭吵
an experience that poisons sb's life 使某人一生受害的經歷.
3 (idm 習語) poison A's mind against B (derog ) make A dislike B by telling A bad and usu untrue things about B 對A說B的壞話(通常指不實之詞). poisoned adj
1 inflamed because of an infected cut, scratch, etc (因傷口感染等)發炎的
a poisoned hand 發炎的手.
2 having poison applied to it 有毒的; 施過毒藥的
a poisoned arrow 毒箭. poisoner n person who murders by means of poison 施毒者.
poisoning n [C, U]
(act or result of) giving or taking poison 施毒; 中毒
blood poisoning, ie poisoning of the blood 血中毒
lead poisoning, ie poisoning by lead 鉛中毒.