tonic

noun

/ˈtɒnɪk/

/ˈtɑːnɪk/

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(also tonic water)
[uncountable, countable] a clear fizzy drink (= with bubbles in it) with a slightly bitter taste, that is often mixed with a strong alcoholic drink, especially gin or vodka
- a gin and tonic
Topics Drinksc2
[countable] a medicine that makes you feel stronger and healthier, taken especially when you feel tired
- herbal tonics
Topics Social issuesc2
[countable, uncountable] a liquid that you put on your hair or skin in order to make it healthier
- skin tonic
Topics Appearancec2
[countable, usually singular] (old-fashioned) anything that makes people feel healthier or happier
- The weekend break was just the tonic I needed.
[countable] (music) the first note of a scale of eight notes
(also tonic syllable)
[countable] (phonetics) the syllable in a tone unit on which a change in pitch takes place

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French tonique, from Greek tonikos ‘of or for stretching’, from tonos ‘tension, tone’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.

单词	tonic
释义	tonic noun /ˈtɒnɪk/ /ˈtɑːnɪk/ jump to other results (also tonic water) [uncountable, countable] a clear fizzy drink (= with bubbles in it) with a slightly bitter taste, that is often mixed with a strong alcoholic drink, especially gin or vodka a gin and tonic Topics Drinksc2 [countable] a medicine that makes you feel stronger and healthier, taken especially when you feel tired herbal tonics Topics Social issuesc2 [countable, uncountable] a liquid that you put on your hair or skin in order to make it healthier skin tonic Topics Appearancec2 [countable, usually singular] (old-fashioned) anything that makes people feel healthier or happier The weekend break was just the tonic I needed. [countable] (music) the first note of a scale of eight notes (also tonic syllable) [countable] (phonetics) the syllable in a tone unit on which a change in pitch takes place Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French tonique, from Greek tonikos ‘of or for stretching’, from tonos ‘tension, tone’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.
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