プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
どく【毒】
&fRoman1;〔一般に毒物〕(a) poison；〔へび・くも・はちなどの毒液〕venom
毒のある植物
a poisonous plant
毒をもったへび
a venomous [poisonous] snake
毒を飲む
take poison
毒を入れた飲み物
a poisoned drink
毒が立ち所に回った
The poison took instant effect.
傷んだ牡蠣(かき)の毒に当たった
He got food poisoning by eating an oyster which had gone bad.
この薬は毒を消す
This medicine is an antidote for poison.
彼女は夫に毒を盛った
She poisoned her husband.
毒を食らわば皿まで
((諺)) As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
毒をもって毒を制す
resort to an evil measure to destroy other evils／fight fire with fire
甲の薬は乙の毒
((諺)) One man's meat is another man's poison.
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❶〔害悪〕harm; injury
この本は青少年には毒だ
This book poisons [harms] young minds.
それは体に毒だ
It will 「be bad for [《文》 be injurious to] your health.
こんな高級車のカタログは目の毒だ
Catalogues of such luxurious cars make me sick with longing.
そんなたわいもない映画は何の毒にもならないだろう
I don't suppose such a childish film will do you any harm.
その本を読んでも毒にも薬にもならない
Reading that book will neither harm you nor help you.／It's a perfectly innocuous book.
❷〔悪意〕
彼の言葉には毒がある
He has a malicious tongue.
毒入り
毒入りの菓子
a poisoned cake
毒きのこ
a poisonous mushroom; a toadstool
毒蜘蛛
a poisonous spider