anodyne

名词 anodyne:

1. a medicine used to relieve pain
   同义词：analgesic, painkiller, pain pill

形容词 anodyne:

1. capable of relieving pain
   同义词：analgesic, analgetic

an.o.dyne

adj.（形容词）
Capable of soothing or eliminating pain.
止痛的，镇痛的：能消除或去除疼痛的
Relaxing:
放松的；安慰的：
例句：
anodyne novels about country life.
关于乡村生活的消遣小说

Watered-down; insipid:
无刺激力的；平淡乏味的：
例句：
.At the time, I thought that passage was pretty anodyne.(Conor Cruise O`Brien)
.那时，我认为那篇文章相当乏味.(康纳·克鲁斯·奥布赖恩)

n.（名词）
A medicine, such as aspirin, that relieves pain.
止痛剂：可减缓疼痛的药，如阿斯匹林
A source of soothing comfort.
安慰物：起安慰作用的事物

来源：
Latin anôdynus
拉丁语 anôdynus
from Greek anôdunos [free from pain]
源自 希腊语 anôdunos [免除痛苦]
an- [without] * see a-
an- [无，没有] *参见 a-
odunô [pain] * see ed-
odunô [痛苦] *参见 ed-