narcotizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːkə.tʌɪz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɹ.kəˌtaɪz/

動詞

narcotize (三人称単数 現在形 narcotizes, 現在分詞 narcotizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 narcotized)

1. (transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug. [from 16th c.]
2. (transitive) To dull the senses of (a person, place etc.). [from 19th c.]
3. (transitive) To make into a narcotic. [from 19th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 235:

     The sun hangs overhead like a lantern, the essence of new grass and apple blossom narcotizes the air, the clack and whir of the wheels have a quelling, hypnotic effect on the passengers.