a drug or gas that is given to someone before a medical operation to stop them feeling pain. An anaesthetic that affects the whole of your body by making you unconscious is called a general anaesthetic and an anaesthetic that affects only a part of your body is called a local anaesthetic麻醉药;麻醉剂
The procedure is usually carried out under anaesthetic. 整个过程通常在麻醉状态下进行。
(BrE) (NAmEanesthetic) ADJECTIVE | VERB + ANAESTHETIC/ANESTHETIC | ANAESTHETIC/ANESTHETIC + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤general, local全身/局部麻醉VERB + ANAESTHETIC/ANESTHETIC➤administer, give sb, inject進行麻醉;給某人實施麻醉;注射麻醉劑◇He was given a general anaesthetic.他接受了全身麻醉。◇A local anaesthetic is injected in an area over your lower spine.局部麻醉時,麻醉劑注射進後腰部。➤use使用麻醉藥◇The operation was completed in ten minutes using only local anaesthetic.使用了局部麻醉,手術 10 分鐘就做完了。➤have接受麻醉◇She had a local anaesthetic to stop the pain.她接受了局部麻醉以減少疼痛。➤come around from, come round from, recover from麻醉後蘇醒過來;麻醉後恢復知覺ANAESTHETIC/ANESTHETIC + VERB➤take effect, work麻醉藥起作用◇The anaesthetic began to take effect.麻醉藥開始起作用了。➤wear off麻醉藥藥性慢慢消退PREPOSITION➤under (an/the) anaesthetic在被麻醉的狀態下◇It would have to be done under anaesthetic.這個只能在麻醉的情況下做。➤without (an/the) anaesthetic沒有麻醉◇They had to operate without anaesthetic.他們不得不在沒有麻醉的情況下做手術。