| 单词 | panacea |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`pænə'siə] |
| 解释 | n.万灵药 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 万灵药(a remedy for all ills or difficulties) 【记】 pan(全部)+acea(治疗 )→灵丹妙药 【例】 The medicine was promoted as a panacea for all aches and pains. |
| 字源 | panacea (n.) "universal remedy," 1540s, from Latin panacea, a herb (variously identified) that would heal all illnesses, from Greek panakeia "cure-all," from panakes "all-healing," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + akos "cure," from iasthai "to heal" (see -iatric). Earlier in English as panace (1510s). |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】pan- 全，发音：泛；pan 盘，全盘→全 + acid 酸→一种全能的酸，能治百病 |
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