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bromide 音标拼音: [br'om ,ɑɪd] n. 溴化物,平凡的人,佣俗的人 溴化物,平凡的人,佣俗的人 bromide n 1: any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs 2: a trite or obvious remark [ synonym: { platitude}, { cliche}, { banality}, { commonplace}, { bromide}] Bromide \ Bro" mide\, n. 1. ( Chem.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. [ Slang] [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] The bromide conforms to everything sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary. -- Gelett Burgess. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. a conventional or trite saying; -- often used in the phrase " old bromide". [ PJC] Bromide paper36 Moby Thesaurus words for " bromide": abstraction, banality, chestnut, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, familiar tune, general idea, generalization, generalized proposition, glittering generality, hackneyed expression, hackneyed saying, lieu commun, locus communis, old joke, old saw, old song, old story, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, prose, reiteration, retold story, rubber stamp, shibboleth, stereotyped saying, sweeping statement, tag, tired cliche, trite saying, triticism, truism, twice- told tale
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