"laudanum" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 鴉片酊

Definition

一種舊時用鴉片製成、通常溶於酒精的藥物，過去用來治療疼痛、咳嗽及其他疾病。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

現今極少使用，「鴉片酊」多出現在歷史或文學語境中。與18、19世紀及成癮密切相關。請勿和現代止痛藥混為一談。

Examples

Laudanum was used to treat pain in the past.

過去**鴉片酊**曾用來治療疼痛。

Doctors prescribed laudanum for coughs long ago.

很久以前醫生會開**鴉片酊**治咳嗽。

Laudanum is made from opium and alcohol.

**鴉片酊**由鴉片和酒精製成。

Many famous writers in the 19th century used laudanum.

19世紀許多著名作家曾經服用**鴉片酊**。

Back then, people didn’t know how addictive laudanum could be.

那時人們並不知道**鴉片酊**有多麼容易上癮。

She read about laudanum in an old novel set in Victorian England.

她在一本以維多利亞時代英國為背景的舊小說中讀到**鴉片酊**。