单词 | elixir |
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音标 | [i'liksə] |
解释 | n. 万灵药,长生不老药 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.万灵药,长生不老药 (cure-all; panacea) |
字源 | elixir (n.) mid-13c., from Medieval Latin elixir "philosopher's stone," believed by alchemists to transmute baser metals into gold and/or to cure diseases and prolong life, from Arabic al-iksir, probably from late Greek xerion "powder for drying wounds," from xeros "dry" (see xerasia). General sense of "strong tonic" is 1590s; used for quack medicines from at least 1630s. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 万灵药; 长生不老药 = panacea 【记】e出, lix读: 立刻死-把这种药吐出来就会立刻死-长生不老药prolix(adj 冗长的; 说话啰嗦的)pro前, lix立刻死: 唐僧站在你的前面, 你就立刻死, 因为他太贫了! |
趣味全助记 | 【记】音:一粒仙仁,仁是果仁,仙仁就是仙丹,吃后能成仙长生不老;音:伊利莎白,伊利莎白女王这么大年纪了还当政,吃了长生不老药; |
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