elixir

名词 elixir:

1. 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
2. a hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
   同义词：philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone
3. a substance believed to cure all ills

1. A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea, and the preparation of the elixir of longevity.
   炼金术，炼丹术中世纪的一种化学哲学。其声称的目标是将一些基本金属转变为金子，发现万灵药及制备长生不老药

e.lix.ir

n.（名词）
A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine.
甘香洒剂：一种甜的芳香的酒精与水的溶液，用作药物的赋形剂

See philosophers` stone
参见 philosophers` stone
A substance believed to maintain life indefinitely.Also called elixir of life
长生不老药：被认为可以使生命无限的物质也作 elixir of life
A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ills.
万应灵药：被认为有能力消除所有疾病的物质或药物
An underlying principle.
基本原理

来源：
Middle English [a substance of transmutative properties]
中古英语 [可转变特征的物质]
from Old French elissir
源自 古法语 elissir
from Medieval Latin elixir
源自 中世纪拉丁语 elixir
from Arabic al-’iksor
源自 阿拉伯语 al-’iksor
al [the]
al [这个]
iksor [elixir] probably from Greek xôrion [desiccative powder] from xôros [dry]
iksor [长生不老药，万灵药] 可能源自 希腊语 xôrion [干燥粉] 源自 xôros [干]