bromide

名词 n.
/ˈbɹəʊ.maɪd/    /ˈbɹoʊ.maɪd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
  2. A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.; Any salt of hydrobromic acid.
  3. The anionic form of a bromine atom.
    — “How fortunate Buddha, Mahomed, and Shakespeare were that their kind relations and doctors did not cure them of their ecstasy and their inspiration,” said Kovrin. “If Mahomed had taken bromide for his nerves, had worked only two hours out of the twenty-four, and had drunk milk, that remarkable man would have left no more trace after him than his dog. […]”
  4. A dull person with conventional thoughts. broadly
    — My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.
  5. A platitude. broadly
    — We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.
  6. A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite. dated
  7. A print made on bromide paper.

词形变化

bromides plural

词汇关系

衍生词
acetyl bromide acyl bromide allylmagnesium bromide aluminium bromide aluminum bromide americium bromide ammonium bromide barium bromide benzyl bromide beryllium bromide bibenzonium bromide bismuth bromide bromide developer bromide emulsion bromide of potassium bromide paper bromide print bromide printer bromide printing bromidic bromidiom bromidism bromo bromoil cadmium bromide caesium bromide cesium bromide calcium bromide cerium bromide cerous bromide cetrimide chlorobromide chromium bromide clidinium bromide cobalt bromide copper bromide curium bromide cyanogen bromide decamethonium bromide deuterium bromide diazobromide dibromide domiphen bromide dysprosium bromide ethidium bromide ethyl bromide ferric bromide germanium bromide glycopyrronium bromide gold bromide hafnium bromide hexabromide hexamethonium bromide hydrobromide hydrogen bromide indium bromide iodine bromide iodobromite iron bromide lithium bromide lithium bromide-dihydrate manganese bromide manganous bromide mercury bromide methyl bromide monobromide nickel bromide niobium bromide octabromide otilonium bromide oxobromide oxybromide oxyphenonium bromide pentabromide perbromide phenacyl bromide phenylmagnesium bromide phosphorous bromide platinum bromide polybromide potassium bromide prifinium bromide protobromide radium bromide rubidium bromide selenium bromide silicon bromide silver bromide sodium bromide stannic bromide strontium bromide strontium bromide-hexahydrate sulfur bromide sulphur bromide tantalum bromide tellurium bromide tetrabromide tetradecabromide tetrylammonium bromide thallium bromide timepidium bromide tin bromide titanium bromide tribromide trimedoxime bromide tungsten bromide uranous bromide vanadium bromide vinyl bromide ytterbium bromide yttrium bromide zinc bromide zirconium bromide
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词源

From brom- + -ide. First used in the sense “dull person” by American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist Gelett Burgess.
Figurative sense ("platitude") by extending the medicating sense through the metaphor of pacifying or placating.
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