heroin
noun [ U ] uk/ˈher.əʊ.ɪn/ us/ˈher.oʊ.ɪn/
海洛因
a powerful illegal drug
Heroin is obtained from morphine and is extremely addictive. 海洛因是从吗啡中提取出来的，极容易使人上瘾。
a heroin addict 吸食海洛因成瘾者
She died from a heroin overdose. 她死于过量吸食海洛因。
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- 23 people were arrested and large quantities of heroin were seized in a dawn raid .
- The girls were duped by drug smugglers into carrying heroin for them.
- He was arrested at the airport with a kilo of heroin secreted in his clothing.
- Customs officers at Felixstowe discovered heroin with a street value of £6 million.
- By the age of 14 he was addicted to heroin.