addict
noun[C]
uk/ˈæd.ɪkt/us/ˈæd.ɪkt/B2
apersonwho cannotstopdoing or using something,especiallysomethingharmful:
(尤指对有害之物)有瘾的人,入迷的人adrug/heroinaddict吸食毒品/海洛因成瘾的人
agamblingaddict赌博成性的人
humorousI'm achocolate/shoppingaddict.我是个吃巧克力成瘾的人/购物狂。
- Somedrugaddictsturntocrimeinordertosupporttheirhabit.
- They wereshockedtodiscoverthattheirdaughterwas aheroinaddict.
- It'sdifficulttoweanan addict offcocaineoncethey'rehooked.
- He went to arehabilitationcentrewhere theyhelpaddicts toovercometheiraddiction.
- Thechildrenwere indangerofpickingupneedlesused bycrackaddicts.
Addiction
- -aholic
- -oholic
- addicted
- addiction
- addictiveness
- alcoholic
- be a slave tosomethingidiom
- cure
- detoxification centre
- drunk
- functional
- habit-forming
- kick
- kick the habitidiom
- mat
- over-dependence
- over-dependent
- pledge
- the DTs
- withdrawal symptoms