化學上的溴化物
核心那一劑藥，本身就是這裡的一種化合物；這一格是它沒有進到身體以前的樣子。
noun · C1
In chemistry, a compound of bromine with one other element or group — including any salt of hydrobromic acid — and also the negatively charged form of a bromine atom.
溴化物；溴離子
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: a dose that quietens you down. Start with the small measure of medicine handed to someone who cannot settle — it does not fix anything, it just makes the noise stop. Once you can see that dose, the rest of the entry is the same dose handed over in other forms: as a sentence that soothes and answers nothing, or as a person whose whole conversation has that effect.
可以想成：一劑讓人安靜下來的東西。先看那一小份藥。給靜不下來的人吃，它沒有解決任何事，只是讓吵鬧停下來。抓到這個畫面…更多收起
可以想成：一劑讓人安靜下來的東西。先看那一小份藥。給靜不下來的人吃，它沒有解決任何事，只是讓吵鬧停下來。抓到這個畫面之後，這個字其他的意思就只是換個形式遞出同一劑：換成一句安撫卻不回答的話，或換成一個講什麼都讓人沒力氣的人。From the word’s history
The supplied source builds the word from brom- plus -ide, the ending English uses for such compounds, and says outright that the figurative sense extends the medicating sense through the idea of pacifying or placating. It also credits the 'dull person' use to the American writer Gelett Burgess.
來源說這個字是 brom-（溴）加化學字尾 -ide 組成的。來源也直接寫明，比喻的用法是從「用藥安撫」那一層延伸出來的。另外，用來指「無趣的人」，來源記在美國作家 Gelett Burgess 名下。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:513273337)
Three branches
讓身體安靜下來的那一劑
整個字的樞紐：化學品第一次被用來讓一個人安靜下來。
noun · C1
A chemical containing bromine that has been used in medicine to make a person feel calm or sleepy; also a dose of that medicine.
溴化物（鎮靜用藥）
用話、用人來當那一劑
藥的動作被搬到語言上：有人遞給你一句話，目的和那一劑一樣，是讓你安靜，不是讓你得到答案。
noun · C1
A tired, often-heard remark that is meant to calm someone down or make them feel better, but that is too empty to change anything.
空話；老套的安慰話