nostrum

释义

n.骗人的疗法，有专利权的药品; 妙策

词态变化

复数 :   nostrums ;

实用场景例句

Grasping desperately at the antiquated nostrums from a vanished age.

拼命抓住消失年代的古老秘方。

金山词霸

Secret remedies, powders, and various nostrums advertised as miraculous cures.

被宣传为神奇疗法的秘方、粉末和各种灵丹妙药

金山词霸

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

Noun

1. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

2. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable