Morphine is a very strong medicine for pain. It can also make a person calmer, sleepy, and a little distant from what hurts.

MorphineMorphine，is a very strong medicine for pain是一種非常強效的止痛藥。It can also make a person calmer, sleepy, and a little distant from what hurts它也可以讓人變得比較平靜、想睡，而且對疼痛感覺有點抽離。

Doctors use it after big operations, for cancer pain, and in other serious cases. It comes from the opium poppy, in the same family of drugs as opium and heroin, though morphine is a legal medicine when a doctor gives it.

Doctors use it after big operations醫生會在大手術後使用它，for cancer pain用在癌症疼痛上，and in other serious cases以及其他嚴重的狀況。It comes from the opium poppy它來自罌粟，in the same family of drugs as opium and heroin跟opium（鴉片）和heroin（海洛因）是同一類藥物，though morphine is a legal medicine when a doctor gives it不過當醫生開立時，morphine是合法的藥物。

It is addictive: the body can start needing it, and stopping suddenly is hard and unpleasant. That is why it is tightly controlled.

It is addictive它有成癮性：the body can start needing it身體會開始變得需要它，and stopping suddenly is hard and unpleasant而突然停用會很困難也很不舒服。That is why it is tightly controlled這就是為什麼它受到嚴格管制。

In ordinary talk it is a hospital word, slightly heavy and clinical. People do not use it for a headache tablet.

In ordinary talk在日常對話裡，it is a hospital word它是個醫院用語，slightly heavy and clinical有點沉重又臨床。People do not use it for a headache tablet人們不會拿它來講頭痛藥。

Though actually, the name is not about “shape” in the medical sense. It was named after Morpheus, the god of dreams, because the drug pulls you down into a deep, dreamy sleep.

Though actually不過其實，the name is not about “shape” in the medical sense這個名字跟醫學上的「形態」沒有關係。It was named after Morpheus, the god of dreams它是以Morpheus——夢神的名字命名的，because the drug pulls you down into a deep, dreamy sleep因為這種藥會把你拉進一場深沉、夢境般的睡眠。