elixir
elixir 英 [ɪˈlɪksə(r)] 美 [ɪˈlɪksɚ]
n. 不老长寿药；万能药；炼金药
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- Miraculous, magical, and maybe a little mysterious, an elixir is a sweet substance or solution that cures the problem at hand.
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- n. 不老长寿药；万能药；炼金药
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1. Materially, we could cope with the arrival of the elixir.
在物质上，我们可以应付长生不老药的到来。
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2. He kept the elixir in a box while he went hunting and told his wife not to open it.
当他外出狩猎的时候，他把仙丹放在一个盒子里并且叮嘱嫦娥不要打开它。
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3. I don’t know—and it’s far too much indecision to deal with before my cup of the black morning elixir.
我其实不知道的~~再者了，在我早上喝一杯灵丹妙药般的咖啡之前，这太多犹豫不决要我来对付了吧。
- elixir (n.) mid-13c., from Medieval Latin elixir "philosopher's stone," believed by alchemists to transmute baser metals into gold and/or to cure diseases and prolong life, from Arabic al-iksir "the philosopher's stone," probably from late Greek xerion "powder for drying wounds," from xeros "dry" (see xerasia). Later in medical use for "a tincture with more than one base." General sense of "strong tonic" is 1590s; used for quack medicines from at least 1630s.
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