intoxicate
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt/
美 /ɪnˈtɑksɪkeɪt/
英文释义
名词 n.
- One who is intoxicated.
动词 v.
- To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
- To excite to enthusiasm or madness.
形容词 adj.
- Inebriated, intoxicated.
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Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
— Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.
- Empoisoned, smeared with poison, rendered poisonous.
- Killed by poison.
- Caused by poison.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
First attested in 1450, in Middle English; from Middle English intoxicaten, from intoxicat(e) (“(of a weapon or drug) smeared, anointed or filled with poison; (of a human being, animal) poisoned, intoxicated”, also used as the past participle of intoxicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from intoxicātus, perfect passive participle of intoxicō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Late Latin toxicō (“to smear, anoint with poison”), from toxicus (“toxic, poisonous”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón). By surface analysis, in- + toxic + -ate.
词源 2
First attested in 1425, in Middle English; from Middle English intoxicat(e) (“(of a weapon or drug) smeared, anointed or filled with poison; (of a human being, animal) poisoned, intoxicated”, also used as the past participle of intoxicaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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