junk·ie
noun/ˈdʒʌŋki/
/ˈdʒʌŋki/
(also junky)
(informal)- a drug addict (= a person who is unable to stop taking dangerous drugs)
Topics Social issuesc2有毒瘾者;吸毒成瘾者 Oxford Collocations DictionaryJunkie is used after these nouns:- news
Word Origin1920s (originally US): from junk ‘heroin’.