elixir 详细解释

elixir

[i'liksə]

n.长生不老药, 仙丹妙药

词义辨析

同义参见:

medicine  

英英释义

名词 elixir:

a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste

a hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

同义词:philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone

a substance believed to cure all ills

补充

elixirelixir英:[iˈliksiə] 美:[ɪˈlɪksɚ]n.1.炼金药, 长生不老药2.酏剂

例句

1. the elixir of life长生不老药 2. The therapy is being promoted in some quarters almost as an elixir of eternal youth.这种疗法在一些地区几乎被宣传成了永葆青春的灵丹妙药。 3. the elixir of cultural harmony文化和谐的精髓 4. a herbal elixir草药酏剂 5. an elixir guaranteed to induce love.一剂保证能引发爱情的灵丹妙药。 6. the cough elixir is a natural herbal expectorant.这种咳嗽糖浆的酏剂是一种天然化痰草药。 7. the elixir of life长生不老药