hopium

发音

UK /ˈhəʊ.pi.əm/
US /ˈhoʊ.pi.əm/

别名

hopeium

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A clinging to unreasonable or unfounded hopes.

    非正式 贬义 习语 不可数

词源

Blend of hope + opium, as though it were a drug; regarding the surface analysis as hope + -ium, see copium § Etymology.

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