a powerful illegal drug made from morphine, that some people take for pleasure and can become addicted to 海洛因 a heroin addict 吸海洛因上瘾的人 a fatal heroin overdose 致命的海洛因使用过量
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- cheap
- street
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- dose
- gram
- ounce
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- inject
- shoot
- smoke
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- possession
- overdose
- dealing
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Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German Heroin, from Latin heros ‘hero’ (because of its effects on the user's self-esteem).