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antitussive

/ˌæntiˈtʌsɪv/ /ˌæntaɪˈtʌsɪv/

Meanings
noun

止咳药，镇咳药

A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.

Examples :

"Because her persistent cough kept her awake at night, the doctor prescribed an antitussive. "
因为她一直咳嗽，晚上都睡不好觉，医生给她开了止咳药。
medicine disease

Related Words

Illustration suppressant

suppressant noun

/səˈpresənt/ /səˈprɛsənt/

抑制剂，压制剂

""Cough drops often contain a cough suppressant to help stop you from coughing." "

润喉糖通常含有止咳剂这种咳嗽抑制剂，能帮你止咳。

Illustration pharmaceutical

pharmaceutical noun

/ˌfɑɹməˈs(j)utɪkl̩/ /ˌfɑː.məˈkjuː.tɪ.kl̩/

药物，药品。

"The doctor prescribed a pharmaceutical to treat the patient's cough. "

医生开了药来治疗病人的咳嗽。 (Yīshēng kāi le yào lái zhìliáo bìngrén de késou.)

Illustration because

because adverb

/bɪˈkɒz/ /biˈkɔz/

因为，由于。

"I went to the park because the weather was nice. "

因为天气很好，所以我去了公园。

Illustration persistent

persistent adjective

/pəˈsɪstənt/ /pɚˈsɪstənt/

坚持不懈， 固执.

"She has had a persistent cough for weeks."

她已经咳嗽好几周了，一直不见好，非常顽固。

Illustration medicine

medicine noun

/ˈmed(ɪ).sn̩/ /ˈmɛ.dɪ.sɪn/

药物，药品

"The medicine helped my grandmother feel better after she had the flu. "

药物让我的奶奶在感冒后感觉好多了。

Illustration effect

effect noun

/ɪˈfɛkt/ /əˈfɛkt/

结果，后果，影响

"The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape."

飓风造成的后果是一片狼藉的景象。

Illustration abilities

abilities noun

/əˈbɪlətiz/

能力，才干

"Her artistic abilities made her a perfect fit for the graphic design team. "

她的艺术才干使她完美地适应了平面设计团队。

Illustration daughter

daughter noun

/ˈdɑ.tɚ/ /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)/ /ˈdɔ.tɚ/

女儿，千金

"I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter."

我已经有一个儿子了，所以我想再要个女儿。

Illustration prescribed

prescribed verb

/pɹəˈskɹaɪbd/

开（药），处方。

"The doctor prescribed aspirin."

医生开了阿司匹林（的药）。

Illustration coughing

coughing verb

/ˈkɔfɪŋ/ /ˈkɑfɪŋ/

咳嗽， 咳。

"I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough."

我不小心吸了一大口烟，然后就开始咳嗽起来。

Illustration doctor

doctor noun

/ˈdɒktə/ /ˈdɑktɚ/

医生，医师

"If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor."

如果你明天还觉得不舒服，就去看医生吧。

Illustration inhibits

inhibits verb

/ɪnˈhɪbɪts/ /ɪnˈhɪbəts/

抑制，阻止。

"Too much stress often inhibits my ability to focus on my studies. "

过大的压力常常会抑制我集中精力学习的能力。