Definition of potion in English:

potion

noun ˈpəʊʃ(ə)nˈpoʊʃ(ə)n

A liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties.
a healing potion
Example sentencesExamples
- Money would be spent on improving our health instead of paying for more pills, potions and hospital beds.
- They need constant care and protection, vitamin pills, potions against possible diseases, and so on.
- As more and more of us live longer, and become more affluent, the race for new pills and potions to combat the effects of ageing is speeding up.
- While brewing the potion, he would sing appropriate songs and blow into the mixture through a tube.
- As if they'll somehow be the magical potions that'll finally make me better again!
- He unpacked enough magical stuff to start making potions and balms for healing again.
- The fact that the lovers do not know that they are drinking a love potion makes the potion truly magic, for they fall in love when they have drunk it.
- She was busy looking through her cabinets at all sorts of magic healing potions.
- He concocted a remarkable potion which, it was claimed, was so efficacious that many who were ill, even at the point of death, were restored to health.
- I am the wise old man of this place, and these people are forever desperate for advice and healing potions.
- Like a sorcerer addicted to making magical potions, Li changed the formula again and again.
- In times past, all kinds of potions, powders and pills were sold here.
- When no-one could explain why someone had a disease, spells and magical potions were used to drive out the spirits.
- On the bedside table is the paraphernalia of sickness: the pills and the potions, syringes, lubricants and swabs.
- Although you can find or buy healing potions, they are expensive and lack potency.
- Some belief also existed in different types of witchcraft and magic potions for healing.
- Another drinks magical potions and teleports from rooftop to rooftop.
- The cavity can also be used to prepare medicinal potions for the client to drink.
- They drank and drank those potions and elixirs that put out the fires or started them.
- It is true that we later found no evidence of potions or magical weapons in her lair.
Synonyms
concoction, mixture, brew, elixir, philtre, drink, decoction
medicine, tincture, tonic
archaic potation
literary draught

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin potio(n-) 'drink, poisonous draught', related to potare 'to drink'.

poison from Middle English:
A poison does not necessarily need to be in liquid form, but in early use the word meant a drink or medicine, specifically a potion with a harmful or dangerous ingredient. The source was Old French poison ‘magic potion’, from Latin potio, also the source of potion (Middle English). The saying one man's meat is another man's poison has been around for centuries and was being described as long ago as 1604 as ‘that old moth-eaten proverb’. A similar idea is found in the work of the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius (c.94–55 bc): ‘What is food to one person may be bitter poison to others.’ A chalice (Middle English) from Latin calix, ‘cup’, also the source of the botanical calix) is a large cup or goblet, and a poisoned chalice something that seems attractive but is likely to be a source of problems. A poisoned chalice features in Shakespeare's Macbeth, and is the source of our expression.

Rhymes

commotion, devotion, emotion, groschen, Laotian, locomotion, lotion, motion, notion, Nova Scotian, ocean, promotion

Definition of potion in US English:

potion

nounˈpōSH(ə)nˈpoʊʃ(ə)n

A liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties.
a healing potion
Example sentencesExamples
- In times past, all kinds of potions, powders and pills were sold here.
- When no-one could explain why someone had a disease, spells and magical potions were used to drive out the spirits.
- As more and more of us live longer, and become more affluent, the race for new pills and potions to combat the effects of ageing is speeding up.
- The cavity can also be used to prepare medicinal potions for the client to drink.
- The fact that the lovers do not know that they are drinking a love potion makes the potion truly magic, for they fall in love when they have drunk it.
- They need constant care and protection, vitamin pills, potions against possible diseases, and so on.
- She was busy looking through her cabinets at all sorts of magic healing potions.
- He concocted a remarkable potion which, it was claimed, was so efficacious that many who were ill, even at the point of death, were restored to health.
- Like a sorcerer addicted to making magical potions, Li changed the formula again and again.
- As if they'll somehow be the magical potions that'll finally make me better again!
- Money would be spent on improving our health instead of paying for more pills, potions and hospital beds.
- He unpacked enough magical stuff to start making potions and balms for healing again.
- It is true that we later found no evidence of potions or magical weapons in her lair.
- While brewing the potion, he would sing appropriate songs and blow into the mixture through a tube.
- Although you can find or buy healing potions, they are expensive and lack potency.
- I am the wise old man of this place, and these people are forever desperate for advice and healing potions.
- Some belief also existed in different types of witchcraft and magic potions for healing.
- Another drinks magical potions and teleports from rooftop to rooftop.
- On the bedside table is the paraphernalia of sickness: the pills and the potions, syringes, lubricants and swabs.
- They drank and drank those potions and elixirs that put out the fires or started them.
Synonyms
concoction, mixture, brew, elixir, philtre, drink, decoction

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin potio(n-) ‘drink, poisonous draft’, related to potare ‘to drink’.

单词	potion
释义	Definition of potion in English: potion noun ˈpəʊʃ(ə)nˈpoʊʃ(ə)n A liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties. a healing potion Example sentencesExamples Money would be spent on improving our health instead of paying for more pills, potions and hospital beds. They need constant care and protection, vitamin pills, potions against possible diseases, and so on. As more and more of us live longer, and become more affluent, the race for new pills and potions to combat the effects of ageing is speeding up. While brewing the potion, he would sing appropriate songs and blow into the mixture through a tube. As if they'll somehow be the magical potions that'll finally make me better again! He unpacked enough magical stuff to start making potions and balms for healing again. The fact that the lovers do not know that they are drinking a love potion makes the potion truly magic, for they fall in love when they have drunk it. She was busy looking through her cabinets at all sorts of magic healing potions. He concocted a remarkable potion which, it was claimed, was so efficacious that many who were ill, even at the point of death, were restored to health. I am the wise old man of this place, and these people are forever desperate for advice and healing potions. Like a sorcerer addicted to making magical potions, Li changed the formula again and again. In times past, all kinds of potions, powders and pills were sold here. When no-one could explain why someone had a disease, spells and magical potions were used to drive out the spirits. On the bedside table is the paraphernalia of sickness: the pills and the potions, syringes, lubricants and swabs. Although you can find or buy healing potions, they are expensive and lack potency. Some belief also existed in different types of witchcraft and magic potions for healing. Another drinks magical potions and teleports from rooftop to rooftop. The cavity can also be used to prepare medicinal potions for the client to drink. They drank and drank those potions and elixirs that put out the fires or started them. It is true that we later found no evidence of potions or magical weapons in her lair. Synonyms concoction, mixture, brew, elixir, philtre, drink, decoction medicine, tincture, tonic archaic potation literary draught Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin potio(n-) 'drink, poisonous draught', related to potare 'to drink'. poison from Middle English: A poison does not necessarily need to be in liquid form, but in early use the word meant a drink or medicine, specifically a potion with a harmful or dangerous ingredient. The source was Old French poison ‘magic potion’, from Latin potio, also the source of potion (Middle English). The saying one man's meat is another man's poison has been around for centuries and was being described as long ago as 1604 as ‘that old moth-eaten proverb’. A similar idea is found in the work of the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius (c.94–55 bc): ‘What is food to one person may be bitter poison to others.’ A chalice (Middle English) from Latin calix, ‘cup’, also the source of the botanical calix) is a large cup or goblet, and a poisoned chalice something that seems attractive but is likely to be a source of problems. A poisoned chalice features in Shakespeare's Macbeth, and is the source of our expression. Rhymes commotion, devotion, emotion, groschen, Laotian, locomotion, lotion, motion, notion, Nova Scotian, ocean, promotion Definition of potion in US English: potion nounˈpōSH(ə)nˈpoʊʃ(ə)n A liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties. a healing potion Example sentencesExamples In times past, all kinds of potions, powders and pills were sold here. When no-one could explain why someone had a disease, spells and magical potions were used to drive out the spirits. As more and more of us live longer, and become more affluent, the race for new pills and potions to combat the effects of ageing is speeding up. The cavity can also be used to prepare medicinal potions for the client to drink. The fact that the lovers do not know that they are drinking a love potion makes the potion truly magic, for they fall in love when they have drunk it. They need constant care and protection, vitamin pills, potions against possible diseases, and so on. She was busy looking through her cabinets at all sorts of magic healing potions. He concocted a remarkable potion which, it was claimed, was so efficacious that many who were ill, even at the point of death, were restored to health. Like a sorcerer addicted to making magical potions, Li changed the formula again and again. As if they'll somehow be the magical potions that'll finally make me better again! Money would be spent on improving our health instead of paying for more pills, potions and hospital beds. He unpacked enough magical stuff to start making potions and balms for healing again. It is true that we later found no evidence of potions or magical weapons in her lair. While brewing the potion, he would sing appropriate songs and blow into the mixture through a tube. Although you can find or buy healing potions, they are expensive and lack potency. I am the wise old man of this place, and these people are forever desperate for advice and healing potions. Some belief also existed in different types of witchcraft and magic potions for healing. Another drinks magical potions and teleports from rooftop to rooftop. On the bedside table is the paraphernalia of sickness: the pills and the potions, syringes, lubricants and swabs. They drank and drank those potions and elixirs that put out the fires or started them. Synonyms concoction, mixture, brew, elixir, philtre, drink, decoction Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin potio(n-) ‘drink, poisonous draft’, related to potare ‘to drink’.
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