opi·ate /ˈopiət, ˌet/
  鴉片劑(a.)含鴉片的,安眠的(vt.)使麻醉,使緩和
  opi·ate /ˈopɪət, ˌet/ 名詞
  阿片制劑,麻醉劑,麻醉的,使麻醉,使緩和,使減輕痛感,鴉片制劑
  O·pi·ate n.
  1. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistency than sirup, prepared with opium.
  2. Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
  3. Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness.
     They chose atheism as an opiate.   --Bentley.
  O·pi·ate, a.  Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.
  O·pi·ate v. t. To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. [R.]
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  opiate
       n : a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative