| 单词 | downer |
| 释义 | downer (once / 20883 pages) n WORD FAMILY downer: downers+/down: downed, downer, downlike, downly, downs, downy/downy: downier, downiest, downily, downiness USAGE EXAMPLESEven a bantamweight approach to the subject such as Collateral Beauty is walking on eggshells, trying to reassure audiences that it isn’t one big downer. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Her prescription: Thomas Hardy’s “Jude the Obscure,” a downer from page one that grows darker, ending in a tragedy. Wall Street Journal(Dec 18, 2016) “Who would want to be around such anxious downers?” New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) n a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person Syn|Hypo|Hyper depressant, sedative, sedative drug chloral hydrate a colorless crystalline drug used as a sedative; irritates the stomach and can be addictive Doriden, glutethimidesedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic druga sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep barbiturateorganic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal Placidyl, ethchlorvynola mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl) knockout dropschloral hydrate in combination with alcohol; usually administered surreptitiously to make the drinker unconscious Quaalude, methaqualonesedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse thalidomidea sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser, tranquillizera drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity drug of abuse, street drug a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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