laudanum

[US]/'lɔːd(ə)nəm/
[UK]/'lɔdənəm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. opiumslampe; opioidopløsning
Word Forms
Plurallaudanums

Example Sentences

How long have you been taking laudanum?

Hvor længe har du taget opium?

To calm his mind he began to take laudanum.

For at berolige hans sind begyndte han at tage opium.

The doctor prescribed laudanum for the patient's pain.

Lægen ordinerede opium til patientens smerte.

Laudanum was commonly used as a painkiller in the 19th century.

Opium blev almindeligvis brugt som smertestillende middel i det 19. århundrede.

She took laudanum to help her sleep.

Hun tog opium for at hjælpe hende med at sove.

The laudanum addiction led to serious health issues.

Opiumafhængigheden førte til alvorlige helbredsproblemer.

The poet used laudanum to cope with his depression.

Digteren brugte opium til at klare sin depression.

Laudanum overdose can be fatal.

En overdosis af opium kan være dødelig.

The nurse administered laudanum to the patient in small doses.

Sygeplejersken gav patienten små doser opium.

Laudanum was once a popular remedy for various ailments.

Opium var engang et populært middel mod forskellige lidelser.

The use of laudanum declined with the development of modern medicine.

Brugen af opium faldt med udviklingen af moderne medicin.

The novelist portrayed a character addicted to laudanum in his book.

Forfatteren skildrede en karakter afhængig af opium i sin bog.

Real-world Examples

And so Branwell spent more and more time drinking, and taking laudanum, and walking alone on the moors.

Og sådan tilbragte Branwell mere og mere tid med at drikke, tage laudanum og vandre alene på hederne.

Source: The Story of the Brontë Family

He found him half suffocated by the laudanum that had been contained in the wine.

Han fandt ham halvt kvalt af laudanum, der havde været indeholdt i vinen.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Four)

'The laudanum has taken effect at last, ' murmured the girl, as she rose from the bedside.

’Laudanum har endelig virket,’ mumlede pigen, mens hun rejste sig fra sengegavlen.

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

'It's not very easy for me to leave him unless he knows why; I couldn't give him a drink of laudanum before I came away.

Det er ikke særlig let for mig at forlade ham, medmindre han ved hvorfor; jeg kunne ikke give ham et glas laudanum, før jeg tog afsted.

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

There remains but Keats;whom Atropos slew young, as she slew John Clare in a mad-house, and James Thomson by the laudanum he took to drug disappointment.

Der er kun Keats tilbage; som Atropos dræbte ung, som hun dræbte John Clare på et sindssygehospital, og James Thomson på grund af det laudanum, han tog for at dulme skuffelsen.

Source: A room of one's own.

Harvested from poppies grown in British  India, opium was officially banned in Britain, and you could only buy it when  it was diluted to make laudanum.

Opium, høstet fra valmuer dyrket i Britisk Indien, var officielt forbudt i Storbritannien, og du kunne kun købe det, når det var fortyndet for at lave laudanum.

Source: Charming history

She adopted him as a son who would share her solitude and relieve her from the involuntary laudanum that her mad beseeching had thrown into Remedios' coffee.

Hun adopterede ham som en søn, der ville dele hendes ensomhed og lette hendes byrde fra det ufrivillige laudanum, som hendes vanvittige bønner havde hældt i Remedios' kaffe.

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

'There's Bill Sikes in the passage with nobody to do the civil to him; and you sleeping there, as if you took laudanum with your meals, and nothing stronger.

’Der er Bill Sikes i gangen uden nogen til at være høflig over for ham; og du sover der, som om du tog laudanum til dine måltider, og intet stærkere.'

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

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