词汇 | bromide |
词源 | bromide [M19] As a chemical term bromide refers to a compound of the element bromine [E19], which gets its name via French from the Greek bromos ‘stink’, but particularly to potassium bromide, which was used as a sedative. From this use it developed the sense of a dull and conventional person in the early 20th century. |
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