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单词 methaqualone
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Definition of methaqualone in English:

methaqualone

noun mɛˈθakwələʊnməˈθækwəˌloʊn
mass noun
  • A sedative and sleep-inducing drug.

    〈商标〉安眠酮。亦称QUAALUDE

    Also called Quaalude
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The second change established penal distinction between ‘more harmful drugs,’ such as heroin, cocaine and LSD, and those that ‘cause less health harm,’ such as cannabis (but also methaqualone, flunitrazepam, and alprazolam).
    • Drugs for which subjects were tested included cocaine, opiates, marijuana, phencyclidine, benzodiazepines, methaqualone, methadone, propoxyphene, barbiturates, and amphetamines.
    • You have enough stuff here to manufacture methaqualone, which is the active ingredient of Mandrax.
    • The variation in court understanding has affected drugs such as buprenorphine and methaqualone, and most notoriously ecstasy type drugs.
    • The laboratories had the highest concordance in testing for methadone (fifteen positive cases), methaqualone (zero positive cases) and PCP (six positive cases).

Origin

1960s: from elements of its chemical name meth- + -a- + qu(inine) + a(zo- + -o)l + -one.

Definition of methaqualone in US English:

methaqualone

nounməˈθækwəˌloʊnməˈTHakwəˌlōn
  • A sedative and sleep-inducing drug.

    〈商标〉安眠酮。亦称QUAALUDE

    Also called Quaalude
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The laboratories had the highest concordance in testing for methadone (fifteen positive cases), methaqualone (zero positive cases) and PCP (six positive cases).
    • The second change established penal distinction between ‘more harmful drugs,’ such as heroin, cocaine and LSD, and those that ‘cause less health harm,’ such as cannabis (but also methaqualone, flunitrazepam, and alprazolam).
    • The variation in court understanding has affected drugs such as buprenorphine and methaqualone, and most notoriously ecstasy type drugs.
    • Drugs for which subjects were tested included cocaine, opiates, marijuana, phencyclidine, benzodiazepines, methaqualone, methadone, propoxyphene, barbiturates, and amphetamines.
    • You have enough stuff here to manufacture methaqualone, which is the active ingredient of Mandrax.

Origin

1960s: from elements of its chemical name meth- + -a- + qu(inine) + a(zo- + -o)l + -one.

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