| 单词 | elixir |
| 释义 | elixir (once / 3971 pages) 1n 2n Miraculous, magical, and maybe a little mysterious, an elixir is a sweet substance or solution that cures the problem at hand. Elixir is a word often used with a knowing wink — a sort of overstatement of a product's effectiveness, or a decision maker's policy. With linguistic roots in the long-ago alchemists' search for the philosophers' stone, the word has an element of fantasy to spice up anything, like a remedy for the common cold. The mythic fountain of youth is certainly an elixir, but it can also refer to a real liquid, concept, or plan. WORD FAMILYelixir: elixirs USAGE EXAMPLESFrom coast to coast, urban planners are increasingly looking to craft breweries as the magic elixir to renew struggling urban cores. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) The miso broth is an opaque vegetarian elixir that, in my case, was supplemented with the floral spice of pickled ginger, an added topping. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) “We’ve heard about immunotherapy as God’s gift, the chosen elixir, the cure for cancer,” he said. New York Times(Dec 03, 2016) 1 1n a substance believed to cure all ills Hypo|Hyper elixir of life a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists potiona medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage 2n a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste 2Hyper liquid fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume n hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold Syn|Hyper philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone substance a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties |
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