elixir: [14] Although nowadays we think of an elixir as liquid, it probably originated in the Greek word for ‘dry’, xērós (whence English xerox). From this was derived a term for a ‘dry’ powder for treating wounds, xérion, and it has been speculated that this was borrowed by Arabic as (with the definite article al) aliksīr. Medieval alchemists used this as a word for a substance which could change base metals into gold, and also for a substance (according to some the same substance) which could confer immortality (known more fully as the elixir of life). => xerox
elixir (n.)
mid-13c., from Medieval Latin elixir "philosopher's stone," believed by alchemists to transmute baser metals into gold and/or to cure diseases and prolong life, from Arabic al-iksir "the philosopher's stone," probably from late Greek xerion "powder for drying wounds," from xeros "dry" (see xerasia). Later in medical use for "a tincture with more than one base." General sense of "strong tonic" is 1590s; used for quack medicines from at least 1630s.
实用例句
1. There is no elixir of life in the world.
世界上没有长生不老药。
来自辞典例句
2. Keep your mind awake and active; that's the only youth elixir.
保持头脑清醒和灵活便是保持年轻的唯一灵丹妙药.
来自英语晨读30分（高三）
3. Another version has Chang'e drink the elixir to keep it from Pang Meng.
另一种说法是, 嫦娥 为了不让长生药落入逄蒙之手,便自己喝了下去.
来自神话部分
4. I told you that I'm not handing out magic elixir.
我告诉过你们,我不会将交出魔法万能药水.
来自互联网
5. Use: Increases Intellect and Spirit by 30 for 60 min. Guardian Elixir.
