Level 5 · word 7,492 of 20,000
placebo
/pləˈsiːboʊ/
American
- n. 安慰剂, 安慰的话
- Definition
- n. a harmless substance given as if it were medicine, or something said to comfort someone
- Example
- The patients in the study received a placebo instead of real medicine.
- 研究中的患者拿到的是安慰剂，而不是真正的药物。