单词 | soma |
释义 | soma1/ˈsəʊmə /noun 1 Biology The parts of an organism other than the reproductive cells.In this asymmetric cell division, the mother cell represents the soma and the daughter cell the germline....
2The body as distinct from the soul, mind, or psyche.There is a definite relationship between the psyche and the soma (mind and the body)....
OriginLate 19th century: from Greek sōma 'body'. Rhymessoma2/ˈsəʊmə /noun [mass noun] Hinduism 1An intoxicating drink prepared from a plant and used in Vedic ritual, believed to be the drink of the gods. See also hom.Fire worship was central to the Aryans and to their Vedic and Avestan expressions, as was the tradition of the holy drink - the Vedic soma and the Avestan haoma....
1.1 (also soma plant) [count noun] A plant used to make soma.When Soma was pressed and made into a drink, the ancient worshipper who imbibed it gained the powerful attributes of this God. 1.2(In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World) a narcotic drug which produces euphoria and hallucination, distributed by the state in order to promote content and social harmony.The people, for whom the media is " soma ", are hapless vessels of their message. OriginSanskrit sōma. |
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