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sedative

/sed-uh-tiv/US // ˈsɛd ə tɪv //UK // (ˈsɛdətɪv) //

镇静剂,镇定剂,镇静,镇定

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tending to calm or soothe.
    • : allaying irritability or excitement; assuaging pain; lowering functional activity.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sedative drug or agent.

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Examples

  • You can tell them that the procedure is generally quick and, barring a pinch when the sedative is given, is pain-free.

  • Hospitals in Brazil are reportedly running out of sedatives.

  • They placed him in a chokehold and medical personnel who arrived later injected him with a heavy dose of a sedative.

  • Women threw themselves from the roof, shot themselves in the head, filled themselves with sedatives and hanged themselves from the curtain rods.

  • That could have been a sign of use of illegal fentanyl, a fast-acting sedative and powerful painkiller that produces feelings of euphoria.

  • Just as Palmer, taken in sixty-second doses, seems relaxed, so, measured over hours, he seems in need of a sedative.

  • At 6.23 p.m., a doctor administered the first drug, which corrections officials identified as the sedative midazolam.

  • Ohio used a mix of midazolam, a sedative, with hydromorphone, a powerful narcotic.

  • Only one thing seemed to calm his wanderlust: “I find an interesting book the only sedative,” he said.

  • They gave a sedative to Methos, the alpha-male wolf, because he seemed particularly anxious.

  • Dorian was glad to take the sedative that promised oblivion from vexing thoughts.

  • It is no new propensity of animal nature, to find pleasure from the combination of a stimulant, and a sedative.

  • Pas-Avena is a widely advertised nerve sedative and hypnotic.

  • And added, "Indeed, what can we do for sorrow except give the body a sedative?"

  • I administer some orthodox verbal sedative, and change the subject.