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
hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
a substance believed to cure all ills
elixir的用法和樣例:
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用作名詞 (n.)
The legend goes that there was a magician who could produce elixir. 相傳這裡曾有位術士能煉長生不老金丹。
He kept the elixir in a box while he went hunting and told his wife not to open it. 當他外出狩獵的時候,他把仙丹放在一個盒子里並且叮囑他妻子不要打開它。