名詞 anodyne:

1. a medicine used to relieve pain
   同義詞：analgesic, painkiller, pain pill

形容詞 anodyne:

1. capable of relieving pain
   同義詞：analgesic, analgetic

an.o.dyne

adj.（形容詞）
Capable of soothing or eliminating pain.
止痛的，鎮(zhèn)痛的：能消除或去除疼痛的
Relaxing:
放松的；安慰的：
例句：
anodyne novels about country life.
關(guān)于鄉(xiāng)村生活的消遣小說

Watered-down; insipid:
無刺激力的；平淡乏味的：
例句：
.At the time, I thought that passage was pretty anodyne.(Conor Cruise O`Brien)
.那時，我認(rèn)為那篇文章相當(dāng)乏味.(康納·克魯斯·奧布賴恩)

n.（名詞）
A medicine, such as aspirin, that relieves pain.
止痛劑：可減緩疼痛的藥，如阿斯匹林
A source of soothing comfort.
安慰物：起安慰作用的事物

來源：
Latin anôdynus
拉丁語 anôdynus
from Greek anôdunos [free from pain]
源自 希臘語 anôdunos [免除痛苦]
an- [without] * see a-
an- [無，沒有] *參見 a-
odunô [pain] * see ed-
odunô [痛苦] *參見 ed-