elixir

英 [?'l?ks?; -s??] 美[?'l?ks?]

GRETOEFL暢通詞匯

復數:?elixirs;

諧音“一粒克死”：吃一粒可以戰勝、克制、克服死亡、死神。

elixir 圣水，靈丹妙藥

來自阿拉伯語al-iksir, 來自al, 定冠詞，見alchemy，-iksir, 干，詞源同xero，見Xerox。原指使傷口止血的藥粉，后詞義進一步擴大為靈丹妙藥。

elixir: elixir: [14] Although nowadays we think of an elixir as liquid, it probably originated in the Greek word for ‘dry’, xērós (whence English xerox). From this was derived a term for a ‘dry’ powder for treating wounds, xérion, and it has been speculated that this was borrowed by Arabic as (with the definite article al) aliksīr. Medieval alchemists used this as a word for a substance which could change base metals into gold, and also for a substance (according to some the same substance) which could confer immortality (known more fully as the elixir of life).
=> xerox
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.

2. Keep your mind awake and active; that's the only youth elixir.: 保持頭腦清醒和靈活便是保持年輕的唯一靈丹妙藥.

3. Another version has Chang'e drink the elixir to keep it from Pang Meng.: 另一種說法是, 嫦娥為了不讓長生藥落入逄蒙之手,便自己喝了下去.

5. Use: Increases Intellect and Spirit by 30 for 60 min. Guardian Elixir.: 使用: 智力和精神提高30點,持續1小時. 守護藥劑.