"hopheads" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 癮君子
• 海洛因上癮者

Definition

“Hopheads”是一個舊式俚語，指對毒品（尤其是海洛因）上癮的人。有時也泛指經常吸毒的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非常口語且過時的美國俚語，常出現在歷史或犯罪小說中。最初指海洛因或鴉片成癮者，有時泛指經常吸毒的人。在正式場合避免使用，帶有貶義。

Examples

Some hopheads gathered on the corner late at night.

有些**癮君子**深夜聚在街角。

Police were watching the old building for hopheads.

警方正在監視那棟舊樓，尋找**癮君子**。

The story is about a group of young hopheads.

這個故事講述一羣年輕**癮君子**。

Back in the 1920s, jazz clubs were filled with hopheads and wild music.

1920年代，爵士俱樂部裡常常充斥著**癮君子**和奔放的音樂。

Reporters described the alley as a place where hopheads often disappeared for hours.

記者形容那條巷子是**癮君子**常常消失幾個小時的地方。

The detective knew the signs—only hopheads would come and go at those hours.

偵探知道那些徵兆——只有**癮君子**會在那個時候進進出出。