an anodyne for [disease/symptom]
The doctor prescribed an anodyne for her chronic back pain.
医生为她的慢性背痛开了止痛药。
止痛药；镇痛剂
anodynes — plural of anodyne
安慰物；慰藉；任何缓解疼痛的药物或其他药剂。；用于缓解疼痛的药物；放松或安慰的来源。
A medicine or other agent that relieves pain.
任何缓解疼痛的药物或其他药剂。
Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain.
用于缓解疼痛的药物
a medicine used to relieve pain
放松或安慰的来源。
A source of relaxation or comfort.
After my surgery, the doctor prescribed a mild anodyne for the pain.
手术后，医生给我开了一种温和的止痛药来缓解疼痛。
用法提示：本句中anodyne作为名词，意为“止痛药”。
She kept an anodyne in her bag for emergency headaches.
她在包里放了一颗止痛药，以备紧急头痛时使用。
用法提示：本句中anodyne作为名词，指随身携带的止痛药。
The herbal tea served as a gentle anodyne for his sore throat.
这杯草本茶对他的喉咙痛起到了温和的镇痛作用。
用法提示：本句中anodyne作为名词，比喻缓解疼痛的东西。
The doctor prescribed an anodyne for her chronic back pain.
医生为她的慢性背痛开了止痛药。
He took an anodyne to relieve the headache before the meeting.
他在会议前服用了止痛药来缓解头痛。
该词通常用于正式或医学语境。
An anodyne was prescribed after the surgery to manage acute pain.
手术后开了止痛药以控制急性疼痛。
更正式的医学术语，基本可互换
日常口语常用，语义相同
侧重镇静催眠，止痛效果较弱
指有麻醉性的强效止痛药，可能成瘾
grammar · medium
易错句子Take an anodyne if you are poisoned.
正确表达Take an antidote if you are poisoned.
Anodyne 是止痛药，antidote 是解毒药，学习者容易混淆这两个词，因为它们都表示药物且拼写相似。
grammar · medium
易错句子This is a very anodyne medicine.
正确表达This medicine is an anodyne.
Anodyne 只能用作名词，不能用作形容词，因此不能直接修饰名词 medicine。应改为名词用法。
anodyne 多用于文学或医学古语，analgesic 是现代通用术语。
anesthetic 导致全身或局部失去知觉，anodyne 仅缓解疼痛而不影响感觉。
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an- + odyn + -ic
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