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
例句
用作名词 (n.)
The legend goes that there was a magician who could produce elixir. 相传这里曾有位术士能炼长生不老金丹。
He kept the elixir in a box while he went hunting and told his wife not to open it. 当他外出狩猎的时候,他把仙丹放在一个盒子里并且叮嘱他妻子不要打开它。
经典引文
The..Elixir of all that can be said in defence of your church and doctrine.