Word · Frequency #16833
morphine
吗啡
an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
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A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.
一种从鸦片中提取的结晶状生物碱(4,5-环氧-17-甲基-7,8-二脱氢吗啡喃-3,6-二醇),其盐类溶于水,用作镇痛药、麻醉药和镇静药；是吗啡类生物碱之一。
一种从鸦片中提取的结晶状生物碱(4,5-环氧-17-甲基-7,8-二脱氢吗啡喃-3,6-二醇),其盐类溶于水,用作镇痛药、麻醉药和镇静药；是吗啡类生物碱之一。；吗啡；[化] 吗啡
In use
After the operation, the doctor gave her a small dose of morphine to reduce the pain.
Morphine is only used for patients who are in severe pain.
The nurse adjusted the morphine drip before the surgery.
morphine is used to [do something]
morphine通常作不可数名词；词典给出的复数形式为morphines。
Morphine is used to relieve severe pain in hospital patients.
吗啡用于缓解住院病人的剧痛。
give somebody morphine
give后接人作间接宾语时，也可说give morphine to somebody。
The nurse gave him morphine after the operation.
护士在手术后给了他吗啡。
take morphine for [something]
take表示口服；若指注射可用inject。
Connections
Collocations
- morphine sulfate
- 硫酸吗啡
- The doctor prescribed morphine sulfate for the patient's severe pain.医生为缓解病人的剧痛开了硫酸吗啡。
- administer morphine
- 给（病人）施用吗啡
- Nurses administered morphine to ease the soldier's suffering.护士给士兵施用吗啡以减轻其痛苦。
- morphine injection
- 吗啡注射剂；注射吗啡
- He received a morphine injection to reduce the pain.他注射了一针吗啡来减轻疼痛。
- morphine addiction
- 吗啡成瘾
- Morphine addiction can develop quickly with repeated use.反复使用吗啡很快就会成瘾。
- morphine overdose
- 吗啡过量
- A morphine overdose can slow breathing to dangerous levels.吗啡过量会使呼吸减缓到危险程度。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
morphine 谐音‘吗啡’，联想医院里注射止痛药的情景，记住它是麻醉镇痛剂。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：medical reports、pharmacology、clinical settings 吗啡是医学和药理学领域的正式用词，通常出现在医疗记录、药品说明或学术文献中，日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
“morphine”以非重读的 /fiːn/ 结尾，caffeine /ˈkæfiːn/、codeine /ˈkəʊdiːn/、chlorine /ˈklɔːriːn/ 也都有类似的 /iːn/ 尾音，但重音所在元音不同，所以不算整词押韵。注意拼写相近但发音不同的词：dolphin /ˈdɒlfɪn/、famine /ˈfæmɪn/、heroin /ˈherəʊɪn/ 的尾音是 /ɪn/，不是 /fiːn/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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。
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