tonic 英 [ˈtɒnɪk] 　 美 [ˈtɑnɪk]

tonic

tonic　 英 [ˈtɒnɪk] 美 [ˈtɑnɪk]

n. 补药；主调音或基音　 adj. 滋补的；声调的；使精神振作的　

名词复数:tonics　

This tonic should pick you up .　这种补药会增强你的体质。
There would be no better tonic for the country’s recent ills than a resumption of the rapid advance of skills and abilities throughout the population.　对于这个国家最近的病态，最好的补药也许就是重新启动并尽快提高全体国民的技能和能力教育。

  • A tonic is something, sometimes a medicine, that makes you feel better or restores you to health. Before doctors prescribed drugs, crooked salesmen sold all sorts of dubious tonics.
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  • n. 补药；主调音或基音
  • adj. 滋补的；声调的；使精神振作的

  • 1. This tonic should pick you up .

    这种补药会增强你的体质。

  • 2. There would be no better tonic for the country’s recent ills than a resumption of the rapid advance of skills and abilities throughout the population.

    对于这个国家最近的病态，最好的补药也许就是重新启动并尽快提高全体国民的技能和能力教育。

  • 3. Kombucha lovers call it a wonder tonic, while some nutrition experts warn that too much can be toxic for people with weak immune systems.

    康普茶的钟情者都称它是神奇滋补药，而有些营养专家警告，它对免疫系统衰弱的人来说极可能是有毒性的。

  • tonic (adj.) 1640s, "relating to or characterized by muscular tension," from Greek tonikos "of stretching," from tonos "a stretching," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch." The meaning "maintaining the healthy firmness of tissues" is recorded from 1680s, first extended 1756 to "having the property of restoring to health." Related: Tonical (1580s).
  • tonic (n.1) "a tonic medicine," 1799, from tonic (adj.). From 1873 (in gin and tonic) as short for tonic water (1861 as a commercial product, water infused with quinine), so called because held to aid digestion and stimulate appetite.
  • tonic (n.2) in the musical sense, 1760, short for tonic note, from tone (n.) in the musical sense + -ic. Related: Tonicity.
tonic / ˈtɒnɪk ; NAmE ˈtɑːnɪk / noun 1 ( also ˈtonic water ) [uncountable ,  countable ] a clear fizzydrink (= with bubbles in it) with a slightly bitter taste, that is often mixed with a strong alcoholic drink, especially ginor vodka 奎宁水，汤力水（一种味微苦、常加于烈性酒中的有气饮料） ◆ a gin and tonic 一杯杜松子酒奎宁水 2 [countable ] a medicine that makes you feel stronger and healthier, taken especially when you feel tired 补药；滋补品 ◆ herbal tonics 滋补草药 3 [countable ,  uncountable ] a liquid that you put on your hair or skin in order to make it healthier 护发液；护肤液 ◆ skin tonic 护肤液 4 [countable ,  usually singular ] ( old-fashioned) anything that makes people feel healthier or happier 使精神振奋的东西 ◆ The weekend break was just the tonic I needed. 周末休息正是我所需要的养精蓄锐的机会。 5 [countable ] ( music 音 ) the first note of a scaleof eight notes 主音（自然音阶中的第一音） 6 ( also ˌtonic ˈsyllable ) [countable ] ( phonetics 语音 ) the syllable in a tone uniton which a change in pitchtakes place 语调音节，语调核心（区别音高变化的音节） tonic tonics tonic / ˈtɒnɪk ; NAmE ˈtɑːnɪk /
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