| 单词 | depressant |
| 释义 | depressant (once / 7616 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY depressant: antidepressant, depressants+/antidepressant: antidepressants/depress: depressant, depressed, depresses, depressing, depression, depressive, depressor/depressed: depressedly/depressing: depressingly/depression: depressions/depressive: depressives/depressor: depressors USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s a problem of overprescription, Olfson said, because studies have shown that antidepressants are no more effective for mild depression than a placebo. Washington Post(Sep 02, 2016) Alcohol is a depressant, so too much drinking darkens mood. US News(Jun 08, 2016) The popular club drug ketamine — or 'Special K' — is also a fast-acting depressant, but how it works has eluded scientists. Nature(May 03, 2016) 1n a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person Syn|Hypo|Hyper downer, sedative, sedative drug chloral hydrate a colorless crystalline drug used as a sedative; irritates the stomach and can be addictive Doriden, glutethimidesedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic druga sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep barbiturateorganic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal Placidyl, ethchlorvynola mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl) knockout dropschloral hydrate in combination with alcohol; usually administered surreptitiously to make the drinker unconscious Quaalude, methaqualonesedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse thalidomidea sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser, tranquillizera drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity drug of abuse, street drug a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease 2adj capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent Syn|Ant ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing tending to soothe or tranquilize narcotic, narcotising, narcotizinginducing stupor or narcosis relaxanttending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous, soporificsleep inducing stimulative capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent stimulatingrousing or quickening activity or the senses adrenocorticotrophic, adrenocorticotropicstimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex analepticstimulating the central nervous system excitant, excitative, excitatory(of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate irritating, irritative(used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite stimulant, stimulatingthat stimulates |
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