(noun.) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.
克劳德特录入
双语例句
The church is calm enough, I am sure; but it might be a steam-power loom in full action, for any sedative effect it has on me. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
Bessie now endeavoured to persuade her to take a sedative draught: she succeeded with difficulty. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
The drought which Reuben administered was of a sedative and narcotic quality, and secured the patient sound and undisturbed slumbers. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
You are of an excitable temper and want a sedative. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Later, as the sedative action began to gain on the stimulant action, you would slowly become inert and stupefied. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
The action of opium is comprised, in the majority of cases, in two influences--a stimulating influence first, and a sedative influence afterwards. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
I am sure that, with your symptoms, my friend Dr. Watson here would prescribe a sedative. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
She shall make you comfortable: she shall give you a sedative. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Was it possible that the sedative action of the opium was making itself felt already? 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
The sedative influence had got him; the experiment was at an end. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.