| 单词 | quinine |
| 释义 | quinine (once / 4472 pages) n WORD FAMILY quinine: quinines USAGE EXAMPLESThe scientists tested slime molds' ability to habituate by challenging them with quinine and caffeine — chemicals that are bitter-tasting but otherwise harmless. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The Dog Boy and Walt clubbed together and sent Urn a mixture for the distemper, which contained quinine and was absolutely priceless. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) Is there a limit on how much tonic you can drink before overdosing on quinine? Seattle Times(Jul 17, 2016) n a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy Hyper antimalarial, antimalarial drug a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria |
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