| 单词 | bromide |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['brəumaid] |
| 解释 | n.平庸的人或话 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.平庸的人或话(a trite saying; platitude);溴化物(medicine as a sedative) 【考】 equivocation : misleading / bromide : hackneyed(模棱两可的话是误导 的/庸俗之言是陈腐的) 【记】 brom(臭味)+ide |
| 字源 | bromide (n.) compound of bromine and another metal or radical, 1836, from bromine, the pungent, poisonous element, + -ide. Used as a sedative; figurative sense of "dull, conventional person or trite saying" popularized by U.S. humorist Frank Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) in his book "Are You a Bromide?" (1906). Related: Bromidic. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 陈词滥调 = platitude; 溴化物(可作镇静剂, 或止痛药) 【记】读: 不如买的. 买的都是好东西, 新潮的东西. 不如买的就是过时的东西－陈词滥调 【类】equivocation: misleading = bromide: hackneyed模棱两可的话是误导的 = 陈词滥调是陈腐的 【反】unhackneyed(adj 新奇的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】born + mid 天生就是mid一般，俗人；broom + maid 扫地女佣平庸；m要是倒过来brown就是溴的颜色了； |
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