tranquillizer
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tran·quil·lizer (also tranquilliser) British English, tranquilizer American English /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzə $ -ər/ noun [countable] MDa drug used for making someone feel less anxious 镇静剂，安定药
Examples from the Corpus
tranquillizer• For the patient showing extreme distress, a tranquillizer may be indicated.• If I were my patient, she asked herself, would I prescribe myself a tranquillizer?• She had seen her general practitioner a week after the separation and he had prescribed a tranquillizer.• Each captive was injected with a tranquillizer.• Hofmeyr gave the elephant a small shot of tranquillizer.• Unfortunately, as the tranquillizer wears off so the plunger gradually slides back up and the former level of stress returns.tran·quil·lizer nounChineseSyllable
a making for drug someone Corpus used feel
tranquillizer
tran‧quil‧lizer
, tranquilliser British English, tranquilizer American English /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzə, ˈtræŋkwɪlaɪzə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
a drug used for making someone feel less anxious
tran‧quil‧lizer
, tranquilliser British English, tranquilizer American English /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzə, ˈtræŋkwɪlaɪzə $ -ər/ noun [countable]a drug used for making someone feel less anxious