narcoticの意味・使い方・発音

narcotic

英 [nɑː'kɒtɪk] 美 [nɑr'kɑtɪk]

麻薬性幻覚剤、催眠剤

麻薬、麻酔薬から。

narcotic: narcotic: [14] Greek nárkē meant ‘numbness’. From it was derived the verb narkoun ‘make numb’, which in turn formed the basis of the adjective narkōtikós ‘numbing’, which passed into English via medieval Latin narcōticus and Old French narcotique.
narcotic (n.): late 14c., from Old French narcotique (early 14c.), noun use of adjective, and directly from Medieval Latin narcoticum, from Greek narkotikon, neuter of narkotikos "making stiff or numb," from narkotos, verbal adjective of narcoun "to benumb, make unconscious," from narke "numbness, deadness, stupor, cramp" (also "the electric ray"), perhaps from PIE root *(s)nerq- "to turn, twist." Sense of "any illegal drug" first recorded 1926, American English. Related: Narcotics.
narcotic (adj.): c. 1600, from Middle French narcotique (14c.) or German narkotisch and directly from Medieval Latin narcoticus, from Greek narkotikos (see narcotic (n.)). Related: Narcotical (1580s).

1. They use opium as a sedative，rather than as a narcotic .: 彼らは麻薬ではなく麻薬としてアヘンを鎮静剤として使用した。

2.Opium is classed under the head of narcotic .

アヘンは麻酔薬の類に分類されるものである。

4.He appears to be high on some sort of narcotic .: 彼は何か麻薬を吸っているように飄々としているように見える。

5.No medical worker is allowed to prescribe any narcotic drug for him/herself.: 医療関係者は自分のために麻酔薬を処方してはならない。