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 麻醉藥;麻醉劑 - under anaesthetic
How long will I be under anaesthetic? 我會處於麻醉狀態多長時間? They gave him a general anaesthetic (= one that makes you become unconscious). 他們對他施行了全身麻醉。 (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. 我們忘記了沒有麻醉劑和止痛藥的生活會是什麽樣子。
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1It would have to be done under anaesthetic. 這個只能在麻醉的情況下做。 The anaesthetic began to take effect. 麻醉藥開始起作用了。 They had to operate without anaesthetic. 他們不得不在沒有麻醉的情況下做手術。
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