Intoxicate



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使醉; 陶醉
• ［英］ v.使醉 ( make drunk; inebriate) ; 陶醉 ( to excite to a point beyond self-control)
• ［记］ in ( 进入) +toxic ( 毒) +ate -> 进入毒 -> 使醉
• ［同］ 同根词: toxicity ( 毒性) ;toxic ( 有毒的)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Date: 15th century
• archaic intoxicated

II. transitive verb (-cated; -cating)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin intoxicatus, past participle of intoxicare, from Latin in- + toxicum poison — more at toxic
• Date: 15th century
• 1. poison
• 2.
  • a. to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished
  • b. to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy

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