n (1) 藥(材) (material used as medicines or for making medicines) [C]：prescribe a～for a patient/sb's stomach-pains 給病人/某人的胃疼開(kāi)藥;give sb a～for his pain 給某人止痛藥;use a～in the treatment of cancer 使用一種藥來(lái)治療癌癥;put sb on～s 給某人開(kāi)了些藥; a pain-killing～止痛藥;〖同〗medicine;
(2) 麻醉藥(品) (habit-forming substance that affect the nervous system) [C]：He is on/takes/uses～s. 他吸毒。peddle/push～s 販賣(mài)毒品;～dealer/pusher 販賣(mài)毒品的人;～addict 吸毒上癮的人; Tobacco and alcohol can be dangerous～s. 煙和酒可能成為危險(xiǎn)的麻醉品。
→′drugstore n 藥房;′druggist n 藥劑師，賣(mài)藥的人;
vt (1)下麻醉藥于 (mix a drug that affects the nervous system to (food or drink) to produce unconsciousness) [T+n]：～sb's drink/sb's wine 給某人的飲料/酒中下麻醉藥;a～ged drink 下了麻醉藥的飲料;
(2) 用藥麻醉 (give a drug to (sb)， esp to make him unconscious) [T+n]：～a sick man in pain/a patient before an operation 給疼痛的病人吃麻醉藥/手術(shù)前用藥使病人麻醉;～oneself (up) with aspirin 用阿斯匹林使自己麻醉;in a～ged sleep/stupor 處于藥物引起的睡眠/昏迷狀態(tài)