panacea

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n. 万能药, 灵丹妙药 [医] 万应药

发音

US /ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/

词形变化

panaceae panaceæ panaceas 复数 panaceas panaceae 复数 panaceæ 复数

别名

panacaea panacæa

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.

    万应药

    万应灵药

    灵丹妙药

  2. 2.

    A solution to all problems.

    灵丹妙药

    A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.

  3. 3.

    The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.

    缬草

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

catholicon cure-all nostrum

上位词 4

cure remedy therapeutic curative

下位词 1

elixir

词源

From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).

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