elixir
发音
英 [ɪˈlɪksə(r)]
美 [ɪˈlɪksər]
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- n.
- 炼金药，长生不老药
- 酏剂
单词词源
elixir 圣水，灵丹妙药
来自阿拉伯语al-iksir, 来自al, 定冠词，见alchemy，-iksir, 干，词源同xero，见Xerox。原指使伤口止血的药粉，后词义进一步扩大为灵丹妙药。
双语例句
- 1. Your elixir must become , so to speak , the spirit of the age .
- 可以说，你的灵丹妙药必须成为时代精神。
- 2. It 's not the air , it 's healing elixir !
- 这不是空气，它的治疗仙丹！
- 3. Human growth hormone has also been touted as a restorative elixir , even though research has indicated that it can 't turn back the clock .
- 人体生长激素也被发现是一种起恢复作用的酏，虽然实验表明它也不能将生命时钟倒转。
- 4. Elixir of sulfanilamide , containing the poisonous solvent diethylene glycol , kills 107 persons , many of whom are children , dramatizing the need to establish drug safety before marketing and to enact the pending food and drug law .
- 磺酰胺酏剂（elixirofsulfanilamide），因含有有毒溶剂二甘醇（diethyleneglycol），导致107人服药后死亡，其中大部分是儿童，这戏剧性地阐明了上市前确定药品安全及通过食品和药品法的必要性。
- 5. The article also points out that this is at least the second elixir of eternal youth that has been ' discovered ' in the last few months .
- 文章也指出，这是在过去几个月里第二次发现的能使青春永驻的灵丹妙药。