| 词汇 | cold turkey |
| 释义 | cold turkey Theme: QUIT mod. [stopping something] suddenly, without tapering off. (Said especially of stopping an addictive drug intake. Originally drugs.)Martha stopped cold turkey and survived.I stopped smoking cigarettes cold turkey and had to be hospitalized.I gave up rich desserts cold turkey and lived to tell about it. Idiom cold turkey the unpleasant physical and mental effects someone suffers when they suddenly stop taking drugs.The addict himself must make the decision that he wants to go cold turkey.The nurses are there to encourage patients through cold turkey. cold turkey 1. adjective (used of an attempt to break a drug addiction) sudden and complete without narcotics or medication to ease the withdrawal symptoms US, 1953 2. adverb (used of an attempt to break a drug addiction) suddenly and completely without narcotics or medication to ease the withdrawal symptoms US, 1922 3. noun 1 an act of withdrawing from addictive drugs suddenly; the time period of that withdrawal US, 1925. 2 in blackjack, a hand comprised of two face cards US, 1980. 3 in poker, two kings dealt consecutively US, 1988 4. verb to withdraw from a habit or addiction suddenly and without any tapering off US, 1949 cold turkeyThe abrupt cessation of something (most often the use of a drug). After smoking for so long, I should have never tried to quit cold turkey—the withdrawal symptoms are unbearable. I'm so impressed that you stopped gambling cold turkey! cold turkeySl. immediately; without tapering off or cutting down gradually. (Originally drug slang. Now used of breaking any habit.) Tom stopped smoking cold turkey. She gave up her drinking habit cold turkey and had no ill effects. cold turkeyImmediate, complete withdrawal from something, especially an addictive substance; also, without planning or preparation. For example, My bad shoulder forced me to quit playing tennis cold turkey, or I'd never done any rock climbing, but decided to try it cold turkey. This term may have come from the earlier expression talk turkey (for blunt speaking). At first used strictly for abrupt withdrawal from drugs or alcohol, it soon was transferred to quitting any habit or activity. [Early 1900s] cold ˈturkeythe unpleasant state that drug addicts experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug, or a way of treating addicts that makes them experience this state: The worst time was when he was going cold turkey.I quit smoking cold turkey (= I stopped suddenly and completely).cold turkey mod. [stopping something] suddenly, without tapering off. (Said especially of stopping an addictive drug intake. Originally drugs.) Martha stopped cold turkey and survived. cold turkeyAbrupt withdrawal from any habitual activity. This term, which came into use in the early twentieth century primarily for withdrawal from some addictive substance (drug or alcohol), soon was transferred to quitting other habits and activities. Its ultimate origin is unclear. It may have come from to talk turkey, which was sometimes put as “to talk cold turkey,” both meaning to speak in an unvarnished way about an unpleasant matter. |
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