chief alkaloid of opium, 1828, from French morphine or German Morphin (1816), name coined by German apothecary Friedrich Sertürner (1783-1840) in reference to Latin Morpheus, Ovid's name for the god of dreams, from Greek morphe "form, shape, beauty, outward appearance," perhaps from PIE *merph-, a possible Greek root meaning "form," of unknown origin. So called because of the drug's sleep-inducing properties.
雙語例句
1. He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest.
他需要嗎啡來緩解胸痛。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The morphine was administered by injection.
那嗎啡是注射進去的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Morphine is a white bitter substance obtained from opium and used in medicine to reduce pain.
嗎啡是從鴉片中提煉出的苦味的白色物體,用作減痛的藥物.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. Each capsule contains between 30 and 100 pellets of morphine sulphate according to the strength of dose required.
根據所需劑量的濃度不同，每顆膠囊里含有30至100個嗎啡硫酸鹽顆粒。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Like the morphine fiend , he was becoming addicted to his ease.