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.
例文
1. There is no elixir of life in the world.
世界に不老不死の薬はありません。
2.Keep your mind awake and active ; that 's the only youth elixir .
頭の冴えと柔軟性を保つことが若さを保つ唯一の妙薬である。
3.Another version has Chang 'e drink the elixir to keep it from Pang Meng.
もう一つの説は、嫦娥が長生薬をモンゴルの手に落ちないように自分で飲んだということだ。
神話部分から
4.I told you that I 'm not handing out magic elixir .
私はあなたたちに言ったことがあります。私は魔法の万能薬を渡すつもりはありません。
5.Use:Increases Intellect and Spirit by 30 for 60 min.Guardian Elixir .