English Dictionary

anodyne

/ˈæn.ə.daɪn/

noun

(pharmacology) any medicine or other agent that relieves pain / (figuratively) a source of relaxation or comfort

I took an anodyne to relieve my headache.

意味（1）

(pharmacology) any medicine or other agent that relieves pain

意味（2）

(figuratively) a source of relaxation or comfort

Nor do I mean to say that Virtue is not Virtue because it is never tempted to go astray; only that dulness is a much finer gift than we give it credit for being; and that some people are very lucky whom Nature has endowed with a good store of that great anodyne.