Poisonとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: poi'zən, IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
• 韻: -ɔɪzən
• ハイフネーション: poi‧son

名詞

poison (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 poisons)

1. A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.

   We used a poison to kill the weeds.

2. Something that harms a person or thing.

   Gossip is a malicious poison.

3. (informal) A drink; liquor.

   — What's your poison?

   — I'll have a glass of whisky.

同意語

• (substance that is harmful): atter, bane, contaminant, pollutant, toxin, venom

派生語

動詞

poison (三人称単数 現在形 poisons, 現在分詞 poisoning, 過去形および過去分詞形 poisoned)

1. (transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody

   The assassin poisoned the king.

2. (transitive) To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous

   That factory is poisoning the river.

3. (transitive) To cause something to become much worse

   Suspicion will poison their relationship.

   He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.

4. (transitive) To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions

   She's poisoned him against all his old friends.

同意語

• (to pollute): contaminate, pollute, taint
• (to cause to become worse): corrupt, taint

派生語

参照

• “poison” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
• poison in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.