| 英语单词 | tonic |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['tɒnɪk] 美 ['tɑːnɪk] |
| 中文释义 | n.补药;奎宁水;[音]主音 adj.滋补的;振奋精神的;[医]肌肉紧张的;[音]主音的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) This tonic will help to set you up. (2) This tonic will work miracles for your depression. (3) I'll have a gin and tonic, please. (4) The tonic is carried inside the listener's head. (5) Ginseng is well known for its tonic effect. (6) Ginger is a good tonic herb that can be added to the diet daily if desired. (7) Sea air has a tonic quality. (8) The tonic pitch is played as a drone that runs throughout the performance. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这补药会帮助你变得更加健壮。 (2) 这种补药对治疗你的忧郁症十分有效。 (3) 请来一杯加奎宁水的杜松子酒。 (4) 主音一直在听者头脑中回旋。 (5) 人参是滋补身体的名药。 (6) 生姜是一种很好的滋补药草,如果你渴望的话可以加入每日饮食。 (7) 海洋的空气有益于增进健康。 (8) 主音音高作为一种低音调奏出,在整个演奏中贯穿始终。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A tonic is something, sometimes a medicine, that makes you feel better or restores you to health. Before doctors prescribed drugs, crooked salesmen sold all sorts of dubious tonics. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Tonic was used to describe all sorts of concoctions that were supposed to make you feel better or livelier. Some helped and some didn’t. Coca Cola was originally marketed as a tonic — back when it is said to have contained cocaine as well as loads of caffeine. These days we might describe a weekend at the beach or a brisk walk as a tonic, meaning it will refresh you. Others might flee to a gin and tonic — an alcoholic drink. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-MASS 物质名词]奎宁水(略有苦味的无色汽水,常与杜松子酒等调配饮用) Tonic or tonic water is a colourless fizzy drink that has a slightly bitter flavour and is often mixed with alcoholic drinks, especially gin.
2 [N-MASS 物质名词]补药;补剂;滋补药 A tonic is a medicine that makes you feel stronger, healthier, and less tired.
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]有兴奋(或激励)作用的事物 A tonic is anything that makes you feel stronger, more cheerful, or more enthusiastic. [oft adj N]
4 [N-MASS 物质名词]护肤液;护发液;生发水 Skin tonic or hair tonic is a liquid that you put on your skin or hair in order to improve it. 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]主音 The tonic of a musical scale is its first note. [TECHNICAL 术语] |
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