anodyne
anodyne
[ˈanədʌɪn]
adjective
[ˈanədʌɪn]
adjective
- not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull
不得罪人的；有点乏味的
anodyne music.
不刺激的音乐。
- a painkilling drug or medicine
止痛剂
■(figurative)something which alleviates a person's mental distress
(喻)减轻精神痛苦之物
an anodyne to the misery she had put him through.
对于她让他经历的痛苦，这是一种慰藉。
- mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek anōdunos 'painless', from an- 'without' + odunē 'pain'
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