English Dictionary

bromide

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɹəʊ.maɪd/

名詞

広義

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical. / A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.

日本語の意味

無機化学において、臭素と他の元素またはラジカルを含む二元化合物。 / 鎮静剤や性欲抑制剤として使用されるブロミドの投与量（薬剤としての用量）。

The chemist synthesized a novel bromide that exhibited unusual electronic properties.

化学者は、異常な電子特性を示す新しい臭化物を合成した。

意味（1）

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.

意味（2）

A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.

“How fortunate Buddha, Mahomed, and Shakespeare were that their kind relations and doctors did not cure them of their ecstasy and their inspiration,” said Kovrin. “If Mahomed had taken bromide for his nerves, had worked only two hours out of the twenty-four, and had drunk milk, that remarkable man would have left no more trace after him than his dog. […]”

意味（3）

(by extension) A dull person with conventional thoughts.

My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.

意味（4）

A platitude.

We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.

意味（5）

(photography) A print made on bromide paper.

bromides （ plural ）