medicine
英 ['meds(?)n; 'med?s?n]
美 ['m?dsn]
- n. 藥；醫學；內科；巫術
- vt. 用藥物治療；給…用藥
中文詞源
medicine 藥，藥物來自medical,醫療的，-ine,名詞后綴。引申詞義藥，藥物。
英文詞源
- medicine
- medicine: [13] Latin medērī ‘heal’ underlies all the English ‘medical’-words (it was formed from the base *med-, which also produced English remedy). From it was derived medicus ‘doctor’, which has given English medical [17]; and on medicus in turn were based Latin medicīna ‘practice of medicine’ (source of English medicine) and medicārī ‘give medicine to’ (source of English medicament [14] and medicate [17]). The informal medico [17] comes via Italian.
=> remedy - medicine (n.)
- c. 1200, "medical treatment, cure, remedy," also used figuratively, of spiritual remedies, from Old French medecine (Modern French médicine) "medicine, art of healing, cure, treatment, potion," from Latin medicina "the healing art, medicine; a remedy," also used figuratively, perhaps originally ars medicina "the medical art," from fem. of medicinus (adj.) "of a doctor," from medicus "a physician" (see medical); though OED finds evidence for this is wanting. Meaning "a medicinal potion or plaster" in English is mid-14c.
To take (one's) medicine "submit to something disagreeable" is first recorded 1865. North American Indian medicine-man "shaman" is first attested 1801, from American Indian adoption of the word medicine in sense of "magical influence." The U.S.-Canadian boundary they called Medicine Line (first attested 1910), because it conferred a kind of magic protection: punishment for crimes committed on one side of it could be avoided by crossing over to the other. Medicine show "traveling show meant to attract a crowd so patent medicine can be sold to them" is American English, 1938. Medicine ball "stuffed leather ball used for exercise" is from 1889.
It is called a "medicine ball" and it got that title from Prof. Roberts, now of Springfield, whose fame is widespread, and whose bright and peculiar dictionary of terms for his prescription department in physical culture is taught in every first-class conducted Y.M.C.A. gymnasium in America. Prof. Roberts calls it a "medicine ball" because playful exercise with it invigorates the body, promotes digestion, and restores and preserves one's health. ["Scientific American Supplement," March 16, 1889]
雙語例句
- 1. Traditionally young Asians in Britain have gravitated towards medicine, law and engineering.
- 英國的亞裔年輕人通常被吸引到醫學、法律及工程專業。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Most doctors appear to recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.
- 大多數醫生似乎都接受順勢療法是一種合理的醫療手段。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The 1990 Nobel Prize for medicine was won by two Americans.
- 1990年諾貝爾醫學獎由兩位美國人獲得。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I left medicine anyway. I wasn't really cut out for it.
- 我還是放棄學醫了，我真的不是那塊料。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was examined again and then prescribed a different herbal medicine.
- 醫生又對他診察了一遍，然后開了另外一種草藥。
來自柯林斯例句