Bromide



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.平庸的人或话; 溴化物
• ［英］ n.平庸的人或话 ( a trite saying; platitude) ; 溴化物 ( medicine as a sedative)
• ［类］ 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

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 1830
• 1. a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
• 2.
  • a. a commonplace or tiresome person ; bore
  • b. a commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion

记忆

boring + mind = bromide 按照发音来记忆吧。。。

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