dope

noun

/dəʊp/

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[uncountable] (informal) a drug that is used illegally for pleasure麻醉剂，毒品（尤指大麻，在美国尤指海洛因） In (British English) dope usually means cannabis. In (North American English) it can also refer to heroin.
- to peddle/smoke dope兜售/吸食毒品
- He has admitted smoking dope as a teenager.他已经承认自己十几岁时吸过大麻。
Topics Social issuesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + dope
- smoke
dope + noun
- smoking
- fiend
- pedlar/peddler
- …
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[uncountable] a drug that is taken by a person or given to an animal to affect their performance in a race or sport兴奋剂
- The athlete failed a dope test (= a medical test showed that he had taken such drugs).这个运动员未能通过药检。
Topics Sports: other sportsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + dope
- smoke
dope + noun
- smoking
- fiend
- pedlar/peddler
- …
See full entry
[countable] (informal) a stupid person笨蛋；呆子；蠢货 synonym idiotTopics Personal qualitiesc2
[uncountable] the dope (on somebody/something) (informal) information on somebody/something, especially details that are not generally known内幕消息；情报
- Give me the dope on the new boss.把新上司的底细告诉我吧。

Word Originearly 19th cent. (in the sense ‘thick liquid’): from Dutch doop ‘sauce’, from doopen ‘to dip, mix’.

verb

/dəʊp/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they dope	/dəʊp/ /dəʊp/
he / she / it dopes	/dəʊps/ /dəʊps/
past simple doped	/dəʊpt/ /dəʊpt/
past participle doped	/dəʊpt/ /dəʊpt/
-ing form doping	/ˈdəʊpɪŋ/ /ˈdəʊpɪŋ/

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dope somebody/something to give a drug to a person or an animal in order to affect their performance in a race or sport给…用兴奋剂Topics Sports: other sportsc1
dope somebody/something to give somebody a drug, often in their food or drink, in order to make them unconscious; to put a drug in food, etc.给…服麻醉剂；在（食物、饮料）中掺麻醉剂
- Thieves doped a guard dog and stole $10 000 worth of goods.盗贼将看门狗麻醉后偷走了价值 1 万美元的东西。
- The wine was doped.这酒掺有麻醉药。
[usually passive] dope somebody (up) (informal) if somebody is doped or doped up, they cannot think clearly or act normally because they are under the influence of drugs给…用麻醉药；使昏昏沉沉；使药力发作Topics Social issuesc2