单词 | antidote |
释义 | antidote —antidotal, antidotical /an'ti dot"i keuhl/, adj. —antidotally, antidotically, adv. /an"ti doht'/, n. , v. , antidoted, antidoting. n. 1. a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc. 2. something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects: Good jobs are the best antidote to teenage crime. v.t. 3. to counteract with an antidote: Medication was given to antidote the poison the child had swallowed. [1400-50; late ME ( < MF) < L antidotum < Gk antídoton something given against (i.e., for counteracting), equiv. to anti- ANTI- + dotón neut. of dotós given, verbid of didónai to give; akin to DATUM] |
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