第224期：cold turkey

上周佛老开始尝试戒烟，今天是第四天。什么感觉？怎么说呢？百爪挠心，精神恍惚，生无可恋，万丈空虚……

今天我们要学的这个词cold turkey就是跟戒烟有关的。

Wikipedia上的解释足够完整，但生词较多，有点难。

“Cold turkey” refers to the abrupt cessation（突然终止） of a substance dependence and the resulting unpleasant experience, as opposed to gradually easing the process through reduction over time or by using replacement medication. The term comes from the piloerection（竖起的汗毛） or “goose bumps（鸡皮疙瘩）” that occurs with abrupt withdrawal from opioids（鸦片、吗啡类用品）, which resembles the skin of a plucked refrigerated turkey.

上段的意思就是说“冷火鸡”指的是突然停止某种成瘾习惯的“休克”戒断法，人身上会出现汗毛立起或鸡皮疙瘩等反应，像刚从冰箱里拿出来的冷冻火鸡的皮那样。

这种戒烟方法是否科学，没有定论。但有篇文章说如果采用这种“冷火鸡”方法戒酒的话会有生命危险。这……我是不是该抽根烟压压惊呢？

再用一段比较简单的英语来解释一下cold turkey:

A faster but unpleasant method of stopping an addictive habit, such as drugs or alcohol. It means that you just totally, completely stop, and never do it again (or at least try to).