| 词汇 | angel dust |
| 词源 | angel dust. So called because of its white color, angel dust, or PCP (phencyclidine), is used as a narcotic, being mixed with barbiturates or sprinkled on marijuana and smoked. The po- tent, dangerous depressant goes by many street names, includ- ing “white powder,” “peace pills,” “superjoint,” “green tea,” “busy bee,” “hog elephant,” “tranquilizer,” and “killer weed”—all first recorded in the early 1970s. |
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