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How to pronounce “opium”
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Pronunciation guide for opium
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of opium with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Are China and the US doomed to conflict?
beginning with the Opium Wars.
- Definition summary
- (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.
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How to pronounce opium
Are China and the US doomed to conflict?
beginning with the Opium Wars.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “opium”
Meaning
- [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.
- (by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.
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