英语词汇“elixir”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e·lix·ir

(ĭ-lĭksər)

1. A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine.

a. See philosophers' stone.

b. A substance believed to maintain life indefinitely. Also called elixir of life.

c. A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ills.

3. An underlying principle.

[Middle English, a substance of transmutative properties, from Old French elissir, from Medieval Latin elixir, from Arabic al-'iksīr : al, the + 'iksīr, elixir (probably from Greek xērion, desiccative powder, from xēros, dry).]

单词	elixir
释义	e·lix·ir (ĭ-lĭksər) n. 1. A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine. 2. a. See philosophers' stone. b. A substance believed to maintain life indefinitely. Also called elixir of life. c. A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ills. 3. An underlying principle. [Middle English, a substance of transmutative properties, from Old French elissir, from Medieval Latin elixir, from Arabic al-'iksīr : al, the + 'iksīr, elixir (probably from Greek xērion, desiccative powder, from xēros, dry).]
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