nostrum
英 ['nɒstrəm]
美 ['nɑstrəm]
助記提示
nostrum no（不）+strum（發音“私傳”）：秘方藥不對外私傳
中文詞源
nostrum 靈丹妙藥，江湖藥來自拉丁語nostrum remedium,家鄉藥，祖傳神藥，nostrum,我們的，家鄉的，詞源同us,our,remedium,治療，藥，詞源同remedy.用來形容一些江湖騙子，比較quack.
英文詞源
- nostrum (n.)
- "quack medicine," c. 1600, from Latin nostrum remedium "our remedy," presumably that prepared by the person offering it, from Latin nostrum, neuter of noster "our," from nos "we," from PIE *nos (see us).
雙語例句
- 1. Some nostrum peddled as a cure for unemployment.
- 鼓吹可解決失業問題的妙策.
來自辭典例句
- 2. He told the patient that he had a nostrum.
- 他告訴病人他有秘方.
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