antiemetic

IPA/ˌantɪɪmˈɛtɪk/
IPA/ˌæntɪɪmˈɛɾɪk/

antiemetic — 形容詞

1. said of a medicine or treatment that helps keep a person from feeling nauseous o

1.形容詞C1
釋義

止吐的

能防止或減輕噁心與嘔吐的

said of a medicine or treatment that helps keep a person from feeling nauseous or being sick

例句

Ana asked the pharmacist for an antiemetic remedy before her long flight.

Ana 在長途飛行前向藥師詢問止吐藥方。

antiemetic remedy

Kwame's doctor prescribed an antiemetic patch to wear behind his ear.

Kwame 的醫生開了一種貼在耳後的止吐貼片。

同義詞
反義詞
  • emetic

    causing vomiting — the opposite effect

文法句型

antiemetic + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used attributively (before a noun): antiemetic drug, antiemetic effect. Rarely used in predicative position.

常見錯誤

The medicine is antiemetic to vomiting.
The medicine has an antiemetic effect.
💡'Antiemetic' as an adjective already means 'preventing vomiting'; adding 'to vomiting' is redundant.

antiemetic — 名詞