Elixir

[ɪ'lɪksə;-sɪə] or [ɪ'lɪksɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a substance believed to cure all ills.

(noun.) 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.

埃莉诺校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.

(n.) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life.

(n.) The refined spirit; the quintessence.

(n.) Any cordial or substance which invigorates.

埃米尔校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Cordial.[2]. (Med.) Compound tincture.

布雷迪錄入

解釋/意思:

n. more fully Elixir vit or Elixir of life a liquor once supposed to have the power of indefinitely prolonging life or of transmuting metals: the quintessence of anything: a substance which invigorates: (med.) a compound tincture.

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