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实用场景例句...clinging to the nostrums of the dying century. 对上世纪的招数紧抓不放 柯林斯高阶英语词典 ...pills, tablets, and other nostrums claiming to be magic potions. 声称包治百病的药丸、药片和其他灵丹妙药 柯林斯高阶英语词典 He told the patient that he had a nostrum. 他告诉病人他有秘方. 期刊摘选 Some nostrum peddled as a cure for unemployment. 鼓吹可解决失业问题的妙策. 辞典例句 英英释义Noun1. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists2. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
词根词缀词根: nost =home,表示"家" n.nostalgia 怀旧之情,思乡病nost家+alg痛+ia病→想家就痛的病→思乡病 nostomania 怀乡病, 怀旧;思乡狂nost家+o+mania狂→想家狂 nostrum 民间药,秘方药,万灵丹nost家+rum→家里的药物→民间药
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