dope

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dope1 /dəʊp $ doʊp/ noun informal

1 [uncountableU]MDD a drug that is not legal, especially marijuana 毒品〔尤指大麻〕

Jeff used to smoke dope all the time.

杰夫以前经常抽大麻。

2 [countableC] spokenSTUPID/NOT INTELLIGENT a stupid person 蠢人，傻瓜 SYN idiot

What a dope!

真是个傻瓜！

3. dope test informal a test given to people or animals taking part in a sport, to see if they have taken or have been given a drug to improve their performance 药物检测〔对参赛运动员或动物所做的检测，以确定其是否服用过违禁药物〕

4 the dope (on somebody/something) informal INFORMATIONnew information about someone or something, especially information that not many people know （有关某人/某事的）内幕消息

What’s the dope on the new guy?

有什么关于这个新来的家伙的内部消息？

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the dope (on somebody/something)• The Tour did, however, continue, as did the doping revelations.• They still got the dope though.• But, he gave me the dope on it.• So you'd slip into a shooting gallery to test the dope.• I suppose it was the dope that stopped us.• When the dope was out everyone regarded it with silent respect.• Jo could imitate anybody and always made him crease up, even without the dope.

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dope• I'm sorry I was such a dope last night.• He emphasised that there would be dope control after the race and warned us not to take any chances.• The 1st be the day for dope man.• Corso is no dope, and he spins a fascinating yarn.• Clinton, for all his mental meanderings, is no dope and has figured all this out.• I was getting through by starting to smoke dope and take acid.• I used to smoke dope all the time.• Patients who expect to hear the straight dope, and get the best care, from their physicians.• Jo could imitate anybody and always made him crease up, even without the dope.• That was the trouble for him with dope.• Oh you dope, you bought the wrong one.• Pam, you dope!

smoke dope• If he knows some one smokes dope, he will go off them.• They met for lunch in Washington Park, smoked dope with her newspaper friends, were invited together to late night parties.• I was getting through by starting to smoke dope and take acid.• Our Jack wanted to smoke dope, but couldn't get Rizlas big enough to fit Tyrone.

Related topics: Drug culture

dope2 verb [transitiveT]

1 MDMDD (also dope somebody up) to give a person or an animal a drug, often in their food or drink, to make them unconscious 给…服用麻醉剂

The girl had been doped and kidnapped.

那女孩被麻醉后遭到绑架。

2. MDDto give an animal a drug that makes it perform better in a race 给〔动物〕服用违禁药物〔以提高比赛成绩〕

3 be doped (up) British EnglishBrE to be unable to think or behave normally, because of the effects of drugs or alcohol 〔因药物或酒的影响〕感到昏昏沉沉，觉得迷迷糊糊

be doped (up) on

She was doped up on drink and drugs most of the time.

她大部分时候都因为酗酒和吸毒而昏昏沉沉的。

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be doped (up)• I still half expect the food to be doped.• In February five greyhounds were found to be doped after an £60,000 multi-bet coup in the first race at Canterbury.• Kerr-McGee charged she was doped up with Quaaludes.

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dope• I thought you had this place doped out.• Or off to Suffolk Downs in time to dope the daily double.• They dope the elephants in order to tag them.• You want your audience doped up to the eyeballs in feelgood factor.• Kerr-McGee charged she was doped up with Quaaludes.

dope3 adjectiveadj American EnglishAmE informal

very good 极好的

a dope album

一张很棒的歌曲专辑

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dope• If we got to be friends, that'd be dope.

Origin dope1

(1800-1900) Dutch doop “sauce”

dope1 noundope2 verbdope3 adjectiveadj

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