soma
发音
How to pronounce soma in British English:
英 ['səʊmə]
How to pronounce soma in American English:
美 ['soʊmə]
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- Noun:
- leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
- alternative names for the body of a human being
单词词源
- soma (n.)
- name of an intoxicant used in ancient Vedic ritual, prepared from the juice of some East Indian plant, 1785, from Sanskrit soma, from PIE *seu- "juice," from root *seue- (2) "to take liquid" (see sup (v.2)). In "Brave New World" (1932), the name of a state-dispensed narcotic producing euphoria and hallucination.
双语例句
- 1. Mr dorsey ventured out of his soma comfort zone recently to visit baghdad and mexico city with the usstate department .
- 2. Organic marijuana , soma style : the pleasures of cultivating connoisseur cannabis ( marijuana tips ) reviews .
- 3. Biologists call this explanation of ageing the disposable soma theory , soma being the greek word for " body " .
- 4. A woman sits motionless at an evacuee center for leaked radiation from the damaged fukushima nuclear facilities friday march 25 2011 in soma fukushima prefecture japan .
- 5. Vessels washed away by the tsunami sit on land in minami soma , fukushima , northern japan march 12 .