英単語

dopeの意味・使い方・発音

dope

英 [dəʊp] 美 [dop]
  • n. 馬鹿;麻薬;ドープ
  • vt.麻薬をやる;麻薬を服用する
  • vi.麻薬を服用する;麻薬中毒になる。
  • (スラング)かっこいい。

語源


ドープ マリファナ、ドラッグ

dip、ディップから。本来はサルサ、スープだが、後に口語でマリファナを指すようになった。

英語の語源


dope
dope: [19] Dope originated in the USA, where it was borrowed from Dutch doop ‘sauce’. This was a derivative of the verb doopen ‘dip’, which is related to English dip. It was at first used as a general colloquialism for any thick semi-liquid preparation, whether used as a food or, for example, as a lubricant, but during the 19th century some specific strands began to emerge: notably ‘drug’, and in particular ‘opium’, and ‘varnish painted on the fabric of an aircraft’.

The effects of the former led to its use in the sense ‘fool’, and to the coinage of the adjective dopey, first recorded in the 1890s. The sense ‘information’ dates from around 1900.

=> deep, dip
dope (n.)
1807, American English, "sauce, gravy, thick liquid," from Dutch doop "thick dipping sauce," from doopen "to dip" (see dip (v.)). Extension to "drug" is 1889, from practice of smoking semi-liquid opium preparation. Meaning "foolish, stupid person" is older (1851) and may have a sense of "thick-headed." Sense of "inside information" (1901) may come from knowing before the race which horse had been drugged to influence performance. Dope-fiend is attested from 1896.
dope (v.)
1889, from dope (n.). Related: Doped; doping.

例文


1. A man asked them if they wanted to buy some dope .
ある男が麻薬を買いたいかどうかを尋ねた。

2.I 'm more comfortable with them.I don 't feel I 'm such a dope .
私は彼らと一緒にいるほうが自由で、自分がそんなに馬鹿ではないと思っています。

3.The government had plenty of dope on him.
政府は彼に関する内部情報を大量に把握している。

4.He has failed a dope test for cocaine.
彼はコカイン検査に合格できなかった。

5.You get dope dealers on every corner.
麻薬の売人があちこちにいる。

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