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单词 bromide
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
bro•mide /ˈbroʊmaɪd/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Drugsa drug formerly used to calm patients.
  2. a meaningless saying or expression;
    platitude:He gave us the same old bromides.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bro•mide  (brō′mīd or, for 1, brō′mid),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Chemistry
    • a salt of hydrobromic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is bromine, as sodium bromide, NaBr.
    • a compound containing bromine, as methyl bromide.
  2. Drugs[Pharm.]potassium bromide, known to produce central nervous system depression, formerly used as a sedative.
  3. a platitude or trite saying.
  4. a person who is platitudinous and boring.
  • 1830–40; brom- + -ide; in defs. 3, 4 from use of some bromides as sedatives

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bromide /ˈbrəʊmaɪd/ n
  1. any salt of hydrobromic acid, containing the monovalent ion Br– (bromide ion)
  2. any compound containing a bromine atom, such as methyl bromide
  3. a dose of sodium or potassium bromide given as a sedative
  4. a trite saying; platitude
  5. a dull or boring person
Etymology: 19th Century, C20 (cliché): from brom( ine) + -ide
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