poi·son

noun

/ˈpɔɪzn/

[countable, uncountable]Idioms

a substance that causes death or harm if it gets into the body毒物；毒药；毒素
- Some mushrooms contain a deadly poison.有些蘑菇含有致命毒素。
- How did he die? Was it poison?他是怎么死的？是中毒吗？
- The dog was killed by rat poison (= poison intended to kill rats).狗被耗子药毒死了。
- to hunt with poison arrows用毒箭狩猎
- bombs containing poison gas毒气弹
- She had laced his drink with poison.她在他的饮料中掺了毒药。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- potent
- powerful
- strong
- …
… of poison
- trace
verb + poison
- administer
- give somebody
- inject
- …
poison + noun
- gas
- pill
- arrow
- …
an idea, a feeling, etc. that is extremely harmful极有害的思想（或心情等）；精神毒药
- the poison of racial hatred种族仇恨这种害人的思想
Extra Examples
- These words were pure poison to me.这些话对我有害无益。
- groups that are spreading the poison of sectarianism传播宗派主义毒素的团体

Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a harmful medicinal draught): from Old French poison ‘magic potion’, from Latin potio(n-) ‘potion’, related to potare ‘to drink’.

Idioms

one man’s meat is another man’s poison

(saying) used to say that different people like different things; what one person likes very much, another person does not like at all兴趣爱好因人而异；一人手中宝，他人脚下草

what’s your poison?

(old-fashioned, informal, humorous) used to ask somebody what alcoholic drink they would like（用于问别人想喝什么酒）

poi·son

verb

/ˈpɔɪzn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they poison	/ˈpɔɪzn/ /ˈpɔɪzn/
he / she / it poisons	/ˈpɔɪznz/ /ˈpɔɪznz/
past simple poisoned	/ˈpɔɪznd/ /ˈpɔɪznd/
past participle poisoned	/ˈpɔɪznd/ /ˈpɔɪznd/
-ing form poisoning	/ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/ /ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/

Idioms

to harm or kill a person or an animal by giving them poison毒死；毒害
- poison somebody/yourself He was believed to poison his enemies.人们相信他毒害了他的敌人。
- Thousands are at risk of being poisoned by fumes from faulty heaters.数千人面临因加热器故障产生的烟雾中毒的危险。
- Poisoning the rats is expensive and harmful to the environment.毒害老鼠成本高昂，而且对环境有害。
- poison somebody/yourself with something In the last chapter, she poisons herself with arsenic.在最后一章中，她用砒霜毒死了自己。
to put poison in or on something下毒；在…中放毒
- poison something a poisoned arrow毒箭
- Someone had been poisoning his food.有人一直在他的食物里下毒。
- Large sections of the river have been poisoned by toxic waste from factories.工厂的有毒废弃物污染了大段大段的河流。
- Exhaust fumes are poisoning our cities.废气正在毒害我们的城市。
- poison something with something The chocolates had been poisoned with cyanide. 这些巧克力中被掺入了氰化物。
poison something to have a bad effect on something毒化；败坏；使恶化
- His comment served only to poison the atmosphere still further.他的评论只是令气氛更加恶化了。
- She succeeded in poisoning their minds against me.她成功地令他们仇视我。
- I hope that if we do have disagreements they won't poison our relationship.我希望即使我们确实存在分歧，也不会破坏我们的关系。

Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a harmful medicinal draught): from Old French poison ‘magic potion’, from Latin potio(n-) ‘potion’, related to potare ‘to drink’.

Idioms

a poisoned chalice

(especially British English) a thing that seems attractive when it is given to somebody but which soon becomes unpleasant金杯毒酒
- He inherited a poisoned chalice when he took over the job as union leader.他接手工会领导职务，看似风光，实则会给他带来很多麻烦。