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单词 potion
释义
potionpo‧tion /ˈpəʊʃən $ ˈpoʊ-/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpotion
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French, Latin potio ‘drink’, from potare ‘to drink’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • pills and potions
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Corbett, acting his part, looked nervously back down the street and said he needed certain potions.
  • Do not break any blisters or put any lotions, potions or magic ointments on the burn.
  • It wasn't exactly fun being pursued round the potion lab and shoved into jars.
  • Last summer they made another potion; it looked as gloppy and smelled as awful as their earlier potions.
  • Nurses and doctors, oblivious to the scene around them, came and went with pills and potions, drips and plasma.
  • There are also three potions and ten keys to be found.
  • Whip it into a frothy, intoxicating potion.
  • Without calling Josta a carbonated love potion, Pepsi provides a little explanation on the back of each can.
word sets
WORD SETS
abracadabra, interjectionbewitch, verbblack art, nounblack magic, nounclairvoyant, nounconjure, verbconjurer, nounconjuring, nouncrystal ball, nouncurse, verbcurse, nounenchant, verbenchanted, adjectiveenchanter, nounenchantment, nounenchantress, nounhex, nounincantation, nounmalediction, nounmandrake, nounnecromancy, nounpentagram, nounpotion, nounrune, nounsorcerer, nounsorceress, nounsorcery, nounvoodoo, nounwand, nounwarlock, nounwhite magic, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Or even the Niebelungenlied if he prefers magic potions and omniscience from a colder climate?· The magic potion was nothing more sinister than Hawaiian Tropic sun tan oil.
1literary a drink intended to have a special or magical effect on the person who drinks it, or which is intended to poison them:  a magic potion a love potion2a medicine, especially one that seems strange or old-fashioned
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