anesthetic

麻醉劑、麻藥

The dentist gave her a local anesthetic before pulling the tooth.

牙醫在拔牙前先幫她打了局部麻醉劑。

麻醉的、有麻醉作用的

The anesthetic effect wore off a few hours after surgery.

手術後幾個小時，麻醉的效果就漸漸退了。

使人麻木的、令人失去知覺的比喻

Endless meetings had an anesthetic effect on the whole team.

沒完沒了的會議讓整個團隊變得麻木。