1798, "common hemp," from Cannabis, Modern Latin plant genus named (1728), from Greek kannabis "hemp," a Scythian or Thracian word. Also source of Armenian kanap', Albanian kanep, Russian konoplja, Persian kanab, Lithuanian kanapes "hemp," and English canvas and possibly hemp. In reference to use of the plant parts as an intoxicant, from 1848. Related: Cannabic.
实用例句
1. Three cannabis plants were found by eagle-eyed police officers.
火眼金睛的警官发现了3株大麻。来自柯林斯例句
2. Possession of cannabis will no longer be an arrestable offence.
持有大麻将不再会被拘捕。来自柯林斯例句
3. She has made outspoken remarks about the legalisation of cannabis in Britain.
她对英国关于大麻的立法进行了大胆评论。来自柯林斯例句
4. The drugs squad swooped and discovered 240 kilograms of cannabis.
