analgesic

/ˌæn.əlˈdʒiː.zɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌæn.əlˈdʒiː.zɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌa-nᵊl-ˈjē-zik -sik/ (ame, mw) · /ˌænəlˈdʒiːzɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌænəlˈdʒiːzɪk/ (ame, ipa)

analgesic — noun

  • analgesicsingular
  • analgesicsplural

1. A substance, usually taken as a tablet or given as an injection, that reduces or

1.名詞B2
釋義

A substance, usually taken as a tablet or given as an injection, that reduces or stops physical pain without making you unconscious.

例句

After twisting her ankle, the night-shift nurse took an analgesic before finishing her rounds.

took an analgesic — common verb collocation

The Watanabe family keeps several types of analgesic in their home medicine cabinet for emergencies.

types of analgesic — quantifying a count noun

同義詞
  • painkiller

    more common in everyday speech, less formal

  • pain reliever

    broader term, includes non-drug methods

  • palliative

    focuses on symptom relief rather than pain specifically; more formal

文法句型

take + analgesic

analgesic + for + [condition]

常見錯誤

❌The dentist gave me an analgesic before the surgery, so I felt nothing.
✅The dentist gave me an anesthetic before the surgery, so I felt nothing.
💡An anesthetic causes complete loss of feeling; an analgesic only reduces pain without numbing you fully.
❌analgestic
✅analgesic
💡the correct spelling has 'ge's', not 'ge's'; the 'g' is followed by 'e', not another 'g'.

analgesic — adjective