英语词汇“nostrum”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

nostrum

(nɒstrəm )

Word forms: nostrums

1. countable noun [usually plural]

You can refer to ideas or theories about how something should be done as nostrums, especially when you think they are old-fashioned or wrong in some way. [formal]

...yesterday's failed socialist nostrums.

[Also + of]

Synonyms: remedy, answer, solution, cure

2. countable noun

If you refer to a medicine as a nostrum, you mean that it is not effective or has not been tested in a proper scientific way.

...pills, tablets, and other nostrums claiming to be magic potions.

单词	nostrum
释义	nostrum (nɒstrəm ) Word forms: nostrums 1. countable noun [usually plural] You can refer to ideas or theories about how something should be done as nostrums, especially when you think they are old-fashioned or wrong in some way. [formal] ...yesterday's failed socialist nostrums. [Also + of] Synonyms: remedy, answer, solution, cure 2. countable noun If you refer to a medicine as a nostrum, you mean that it is not effective or has not been tested in a proper scientific way. ...pills, tablets, and other nostrums claiming to be magic potions.
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