n (1) 药(材) (material used as medicines or for making medicines) [C]：prescribe a～for a patient/sb's stomach-pains 给病人/某人的胃疼开药;give sb a～for his pain 给某人止痛药;use a～in the treatment of cancer 使用一种药来治疗癌症;put sb on～s 给某人开了些药; a pain-killing～止痛药;〖同〗medicine;

(2) 麻醉药(品) (habit-forming substance that affect the nervous system) [C]：He is on/takes/uses～s. 他吸毒。peddle/push～s 贩卖毒品;～dealer/pusher 贩卖毒品的人;～addict 吸毒上瘾的人; Tobacco and alcohol can be dangerous～s. 烟和酒可能成为危险的麻醉品。

→′drugstore n 药房;′druggist n 药剂师，卖药的人;

vt (1)下麻醉药于 (mix a drug that affects the nervous system to (food or drink) to produce unconsciousness) [T+n]：～sb's drink/sb's wine 给某人的饮料/酒中下麻醉药;a～ged drink 下了麻醉药的饮料;

(2) 用药麻醉 (give a drug to (sb)， esp to make him unconscious) [T+n]：～a sick man in pain/a patient before an operation 给疼痛的病人吃麻醉药/手术前用药使病人麻醉;～oneself (up) with aspirin 用阿斯匹林使自己麻醉;in a～ged sleep/stupor 处于药物引起的睡眠/昏迷状态