English Dictionary

opium

/ˈoʊpi.əm/

noun

(uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

Opium is a highly addictive narcotic drug derived from the opium poppy.

意味（1）

(uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

意味（2）

(by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, […] It is the opium of the people.