a drug that makes a person or an animal unable to feel anything, especially pain, either in the whole body or in a part of the body 麻醉药;麻醉剂 - under anaesthetic
How long will I be under anaesthetic? 我会处于麻醉状态多长时间? They gave him a general anaesthetic (= one that makes you become unconscious). 他们对他施行了全身麻醉。 (a) local anaesthetic (= one that affects only a part of the body) 局部麻醉 We forget what life must have been like without anaesthetics and painkillers. 我们忘记了没有麻醉剂和止痛药的生活会是什么样子。
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1It would have to be done under anaesthetic. 这个只能在麻醉的情况下做。 The anaesthetic began to take effect. 麻醉药开始起作用了。 They had to operate without anaesthetic. 他们不得不在没有麻醉的情况下做手术。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- general
- local
- administer
- give somebody
- inject
- …
- take effect
- work
- wear off
- …
- under (an/the) anaesthetic
- without (an/the) anaesthetic
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek anaisthētos ‘insensible’, related to anaisthēsia, (from an- ‘without’ + aisthēsis ‘sensation’) + -ic.- under anaesthetic