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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 bro·mide /ˈbroˌmaɪd/
 溴化物,平凡的人,佣俗的人

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 bro·mide /ˈbroˌmaɪd/ 名詞
 溴化物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bro·mide n.
 1. Chem. A compound of bromine with a positive radical.
 2. A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. [Slang]
    The bromide conforms to everything sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary.    --Gelett Burgess.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 bromide
      n 1: any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; used as a sedative
      2: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche, banality,
          commonplace]
      3: a sedative in the form of sodium or potassium bromide