jones

jones
(US, chiefly black slang)(美,主黑俚)
noun
  1. a fixation on or compulsive desire for someone or something, typically a drug; an addiction
    不正常的依恋;瘾
    a two-year amphetamine jones.
    对安非他明已有两年的毒瘾。
verb
  1. [no obj.](jones on/for)have a fixation on; be addicted to
    对…上瘾;沉溺于
    Palmer was jonesing for some coke again.
    帕尔默又一心想弄到点可卡因了。
语源
  1. 1960s: said to come from Jones Alley, in Manhattan, associated with drug addicts
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