US, chiefly black slang <美, 主黑俚>
- a fixation on or compulsive desire for someone or something, typically a drug; an addiction不正常的依恋; 难以克制的欲望; 瘾; 癖好：
a two-year amphetamine jones.
历时两年的安非他明毒瘾。
no obj.(jones on/for)
- have a fixation on; be addicted to对…上瘾; 沉溺于：
Palmer was jonesing for some coke again.
帕尔默的可卡因毒瘾又犯了。
词源
1960s: said to come from Jones Alley, in Manhattan, associated with drug addicts.