Word · Frequency #963
drug
药；麻药；麻醉药
a substance used as a medicine or narcotic
- 1.
A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
用于治疗疾病、缓解症状或改变体内化学过程的物质。
- 2.
a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
用作药物或麻醉剂的物质
- 3.
A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
精神活性物质,尤指非法且易成瘾的,用于娱乐,如可卡因。
- 4.
Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.
任何使人上瘾的事物,如物质、情感或行为。
- 5.
Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
滞销商品；无需求的商品
用于治疗疾病、缓解症状或改变体内化学过程的物质。；用作药物或麻醉剂的物质；精神活性物质,尤指非法且易成瘾的,用于娱乐,如可卡因。；任何使人上瘾的事物,如物质、情感或行为。；滞销商品；无需求的商品
In use
The doctor prescribed a new drug for my skin problem.
Some drugs can be bought without a prescription.
She takes this drug with food every day.
take a drug
常用搭配，表示服药。
She takes a drug for her headache.
她服用一种药治疗头痛。
prescribe a drug
用于医疗场景。
The doctor prescribed a new drug.
医生开了一种新药。
drug + object
及物动词，常含非法或不良意图。
They drugged the guard.
他们给警卫下了药。
Connections
Collocations
- prescription drug
- 处方药
- The doctor prescribed a prescription drug for my infection.医生为我的感染开了处方药。
- illegal drug
- 非法药物；毒品
- He was arrested for selling illegal drugs.他因贩卖非法药物被捕。
- drug abuse
- 药物滥用；吸毒
- Drug abuse can lead to serious health problems.药物滥用会导致严重的健康问题。
- drug addiction
- 毒瘾；药物成瘾
- She struggled with drug addiction for years.她与毒瘾斗争了多年。
- drug dealer
- 毒贩
- The police arrested a known drug dealer in the neighborhood.警方在该社区逮捕了一名知名毒贩。
- drug overdose
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拼写d-r-u-g联想为'大入药柜'（dà rù yào guì），帮记'药'义。
Context & Register
该词作“药”解时，通常用于医疗或药房场景，语域偏中性，多见于药物说明、处方等语境。
Grammar Note
注意：名词可数，动词既可接宾语（使服麻醉药）也可不接宾语（吸毒）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with drug (ending in /ʌɡ/). Beware of lookalikes like 'drag' (/dræɡ/) which sounds different.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.