| 单词 | elixir of youth |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselixir of youth elixir of youth n. a preparation supposedly able to prolong youthfulness or to reverse the ageing process; (also figurative) something that gives a person vitality and vigour. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > non-remedial medicine > elixirs of life stone1390 philosophers' stonea1393 vegetativec1450 ferment1471 egg of philosophersc1484 vegetable stonea1500 vegetant stone1576 philosophical stone1581 elixir1605 philosophers' work1612 philosophic stone1647 water stone of the wise men1649 elixir of youth1725 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine > elixirs of life stone1390 philosophers' stonea1393 vegetativec1450 ferment1471 egg of philosophersc1484 vegetable stonea1500 vegetant stone1576 philosophical stone1581 amphicome1601 erotylos1601 elixir1605 philosophers' work1612 philosophic stone1647 elixir of youth1725 1725 tr. T.-S. Gueullette Chinese Tales II. 164 To make a Proof of my Elixir of Youth [Fr. Elixir de Jouvence]; I swallowed some Drops of it when I went to Bed, and getting up next. Morning.., I did not seem to be, as I thought, above Five and Twenty, though I was near Fifty. 1846 Morning Post 25 June 6/2 The real elixir of youth..is happiness. 1988 Omni June 122/1 (advt.) Cure-alls, tonics and elixirs of youth—the shelves of health food stores and pharmacies are crammed with products that claim to work magic. 2013 C. Peers Battles Anc. China x. 141 Some time in the late T'ang period Chinese alchemists, paradoxically in search of the elixir of youth, had discovered the explosive properties of a primitive form of gunpowder. < as lemmas |
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