anodyne
/ˈæn.ə.daɪn/
- n.
- 止痛药,镇痛剂
- adj.
- 止痛的
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
anodyne
词源说明
From Middle English anodine, from Medieval Latin anōdynos (“stilling or relieving pain”), from Ancient Greek ἀνώδυνος (anṓdunos, “free from pain”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”).
Adjective sense “noncontentious” probably through French anodin (“harmless, trivial”), of same origin.
释义
形容词adjective
- 1(pharmacology) Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. [from 16th c.]
- 2figurativelySoothing or relaxing. [from 18th c.]
- 3by extensionNoncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate. [from 20th c.]