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    poison 的英语意思

    poisonpoison1 /ˈpɔɪzən/ noun 查看全部语言翻译1[countable, uncountable] a substance that can cause death or serious illness if you eat it, drink it etc食入、饮用等后可导致死亡或严重疾病的物质:  Belladonna and red arsenic are deadly poisons.颠茄和红砷是剧毒物质。 a box of rat poison (=poison to kill rats)一盒灭鼠药(=用于杀死老鼠的毒药) He swallowed some type of poison.他吞下了某种毒药。2[countable] something such as an emotion or idea that makes you behave badly or become very unhappy使人行为恶劣或极度痛苦的情绪或想法等:  Hatred is a poison that will destroy your life.仇恨是一种会毁掉你生活的毒药。3what’s your poison? old-fashioned旧式 spoken口语 a humorous way of asking which alcoholic drink someone would like(幽默)询问某人想喝哪种酒的说法 one man’s meat is another man’s poison at meat(4)COLLOCATIONS词语搭配verbs动词take/swallow poison· He committed suicide by taking poison.· 他服毒自杀。give somebody poison· She admitted two charges of giving poison to her daughter.· 她承认了两项向女儿下毒的指控。administer poison formal正式 (=give it to someone)· He could not have administered the poison that had put Mark in a coma.· 他不可能是让马克陷入昏迷的那个下毒者。put poison in something· She put poison in his wine.· 她在他的酒里下了毒。lace something with poison (=put poison in something)· He laced the emperor's tea with poison.· 他在皇帝的茶水中掺入了毒药。put poison down (=put it somewhere to kill an animal)· One way of getting rid of rats or mice is to put poison down.· 消灭老鼠的一种方法是投放毒药。adjectives形容词a deadly poison· The berries contain a deadly poison.· 这些浆果含有剧毒。a slow-acting/quick-acting poison· Cyanide is a very strong, quick-acting poison.· 氰化物是一种毒性极强、起效迅速的毒药。a virulent poison (=one that makes someone very ill or kills them)· Scorpions produce a virulent poison.· 蝎子能产生毒性极强的毒液。phrases短语a dose of poison (=an amount of poison)· He had taken a massive dose of poison.· 他服下了大剂量的毒药。a trace of poison (=a small amount of poison that is still present somewhere)· Traces of the poison were found in the family car.· 在那家人的车里发现了毒药残留。
    poisonpoison2 verb [transitive] 1to give someone poison, especially by adding it to their food or drink, in order to harm or kill them为伤害或杀死某人而向其施毒,尤指将毒药加入其食物或饮料中:  She was accused in 1974 of poisoning her second husband, Charles.1974年,她被指控毒杀了第二任丈夫Charles。 He killed several people by poisoning their tea.他在茶水中下毒,杀害了数名人员。poison somebody with something Helms attempted to poison his whole family with strychnine.Helms企图用士的宁毒死全家人。2if a substance poisons someone, it makes them sick or kills them若某种物质使人中毒,即指它导致人生病或死亡:  Thousands of children were poisoned by radiation.数千名儿童因辐射而中毒。3to make land, rivers, air etc dirty and dangerous, especially by the use of harmful chemicals尤指使用有害化学物质使土地、河流、空气等受到污染并产生危害:  Pesticides are poisoning our rivers.农药正在污染我们的河流。4to have very harmful and unpleasant effects on someone’s mind, emotions, or a situation对某人的精神、情感或某种局面产生极为有害且令人不快的影响:  Her childhood had been poisoned by an abusive stepfather.她的童年被施虐的继父所毒害。 The law will only serve to poison relations between the US and Mexico.这项法律只会毒化美国与墨西哥之间的关系。 Television violence is poisoning the minds of young people.电视暴力正在毒害年轻人的心灵。 see thesaurus at spoil5poisoned chalice an important job that someone is given, which is likely to cause them a lot of trouble交给某人的重要职务,但很可能给其带来大量麻烦poisoner noun [countable]