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administer an anaesthetic
常用搭配，指使用麻醉剂。
The dentist administered an anaesthetic before the procedure.
牙医在手术前施用了麻醉剂。
麻醉剂；麻药
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
麻醉剂；麻药
a drug or substance that causes loss of sensation or consciousness
The dentist administered an anaesthetic before the procedure.
牙医在手术前施用了麻醉剂。
After the injection of the anaesthetic, the patient felt no pain during the operation.
注射麻醉剂后，患者在手术过程中感觉不到疼痛。
The dentist applied a local anaesthetic before filling the cavity.
牙医在补牙前使用了局部麻醉剂。
The doctor explained that the anaesthetic would wear off in a few hours.
医生解释说麻醉剂会在几小时后失效。
常用搭配，指使用麻醉剂。
The dentist administered an anaesthetic before the procedure.
牙医在手术前施用了麻醉剂。
指在麻醉作用下。
The patient was under anaesthetic during the operation.
患者在手术期间处于麻醉状态。
作形容词，修饰名词。
This anaesthetic cream numbs the skin.
这种麻醉药膏使皮肤麻木。
形容词+anaesthetic，表示麻醉剂的类型。
The doctor used a local anaesthetic for the minor surgery.
医生为小手术使用了局部麻醉剂。
Not this
The patient was under anaesthetic during the surgery.
Use this
The patient was under anesthesia during the surgery.
在表示“麻醉状态”时，应使用anesthesia而非anaesthetic。Anaesthetic指麻醉剂本身，而anesthesia指失去知觉的状态。
Not this
My mouth felt anaesthetic after the injection.
Use this
My mouth felt anaesthetised after the injection.
'Anaesthetic'是形容词，意思是“麻醉的”，但通常用于修饰名词（如anaesthetic gas），不用于描述身体部位的感觉。描述身体部位“感到麻木”应使用动词anaesthetise的过去分词anaesthetised。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
局部麻醉剂
The dentist used a local anaesthetic to numb my gum.
牙医用了局部麻醉剂来麻醉我的牙龈。
全身麻醉剂
She was given a general anaesthetic before the operation.
手术前她接受了全身麻醉。
施用麻醉剂
The nurse carefully administered the anaesthetic to the patient.
护士仔细地给病人施用麻醉剂。
在麻醉状态下
The patient was under anaesthetic throughout the procedure.
整个手术过程中病人处于麻醉状态。
麻醉膏
Apply the anaesthetic cream to the skin before the injection.
注射前将麻醉膏涂抹在皮肤上。
麻醉效果
The anaesthetic effect lasted for several hours.
麻醉效果持续了数小时。
Use anaesthetic naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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联想：'a'（一个）+'na'（那）+ 'esthetic'（美学）→ 麻醉让你对美学都麻木了。
语域：formal 常见场景：medical、surgery 该词常用于医学语境，指麻醉剂或麻药，比较正式。
All listed words end with the stressed syllable /θɛtɪk/ and rhyme with 'anaesthetic'. Be careful not to confuse with words like 'energetic' (with /dʒɛtɪk/) which sound different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.