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be in detox
名词用法：detox 在此指戒瘾病房/诊所；be in detox 表示‘在戒瘾病房接受治疗’。
The patient is in detox.
病人正在戒瘾病房。
戒瘾病房；戒瘾诊所
detoxes — plural of detox
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戒瘾病房；戒瘾诊所
the hospital ward or clinic where patients are detoxified
The patient is in detox.
病人正在戒瘾病房。
解毒,尤指身体去除酒精或成瘾药物。
Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or addictive drugs.
脱瘾治疗机构。
A detoxification unit.
The hospital's detox is on the third floor, next to the general ward.
医院的戒瘾病房在三楼，紧挨着普通病房。
She has worked as a nurse in the detox for nearly five years.
她在这家戒瘾诊所当了近五年护士。
The center opened a new detox last year to meet the growing demand.
该中心去年新开了一间戒瘾病房，以满足日益增长的需求。
名词用法：detox 在此指戒瘾病房/诊所；be in detox 表示‘在戒瘾病房接受治疗’。
The patient is in detox.
病人正在戒瘾病房。
名词用法：go to detox 表示‘去戒瘾机构’；若强调入住，也可用 check into detox。
She went to detox after the intervention.
干预之后，她去了戒瘾诊所。
动词用法：detox 是及物动词，后接接受戒毒治疗的人。
The clinic detoxes patients with severe addictions.
这家诊所给重度成瘾患者戒毒。
动词用法：detox someone from sth 表示‘使某人戒除某成瘾物质’。
Doctors detoxed him from heroin in two weeks.
医生们用两周时间帮他戒除了海洛因。
Not this
He detoxed his heroin addiction.
Use this
He detoxed from heroin.
作动词时，detox 的宾语应是“人”（如 detox a patient），而不是“毒瘾”这类抽象名词；要表示戒除的对象，用 detox from + 药物/酒精。
Not this
He is in the detox.
Use this
He is in detox.
in detox 是固定搭配，表示“正在接受戒瘾治疗”，与 in rehab 一样不加冠词；加 the 会变成特指某个病房，语义不对。
Not this
He is detoxing off drugs.
Use this
He is detoxing from drugs.
表示“戒除某种毒品”时，detox 后接介词 from，不用 off；off 常见于 get off 等短语，但 detox from 是标准搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
戒瘾诊所
He was referred to a detox clinic for alcohol addiction.
他被转介到一家戒瘾诊所治疗酒精成瘾。
戒瘾病房
The hospital's detox unit is often full.
这家医院的戒瘾病房经常满员。
戒瘾中心
She spent three months at a detox center in Arizona.
她在亚利桑那州的一家戒瘾中心待了三个月。
入住戒瘾诊所
He checked into detox after a severe relapse.
严重复发后，他入住了戒瘾诊所。
被收治进戒瘾病房
Patients are admitted to detox for medical supervision.
病人被收治进戒瘾病房接受医疗监护。
数字排毒（指暂时远离电子设备）
I'm doing a digital detox this weekend: no phone, no laptop.
这个周末我要进行数字排毒：不碰手机，不碰笔记本电脑。
社交媒体戒断（指暂时停用社交媒体）
After a stressful month, she went on a social media detox.
在压力重重的一个月之后，她进行了一次社交媒体戒断。
排毒饮食（指为清除体内毒素而采用的饮食计划）
He tried a detox diet to feel more energetic.
他尝试排毒饮食，希望让自己更有精力。
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detox 可拆成 de（去除）+ tox（毒），联想：把体内的毒‘脱’掉，所以指戒瘾病房。
语域：mixed 常见场景：hospital、rehabilitation center、news report 此条按名词处理，指“戒瘾病房/戒瘾诊所”，多用于医院、康复机构或相关新闻报道中，口语色彩较明显；正式文书或医学术语更常说 detoxification unit/center，需按场合选择。
All words in the list rhyme with the final stressed syllable of detox (/diːˈtɒks/): they end in /ɒks/. Note that toxic (/ˈtɒksɪk/) and toxin (/ˈtɒksɪn/) share the spelling 'tox' but are not rhymes because the stress falls earlier in those words.
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