quinine
英 ['kw?ni?n; kw?'ni?n]
美[kw?'nin]
- n. 奎寧；金雞納堿
暢通詞匯
中文詞源
quinine 金雞納霜
cinchona 別名或本名。來自西班牙語quina,來自南美土著語kina,金雞納樹，樹皮可用于治療 瘧疾。-ine,化學(xué)名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- quinine (n.)
- alkaloid responsible for curative properties in the cinchona tree, 1821, from French quinine (1820), with chemical ending -ine (2) + Spanish quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is extracted), from Quechua (Peru) kina. Earlier in reduplicated form quinaquina (1727).
雙語例句
- 1. The region began to use quinine successfully as a prophylactic.
- 該地區(qū)開始成功地用奎寧作為預(yù)防劑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I dosed myself with quinine.
- 我服用了奎寧。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Quinine has a bitter taste.
- 奎寧有苦味.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Quinine is a natural antidote for this fever.
- 奎寧是治療這種熱病的天然藥.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Quinine is an effectual preventive for malaria.
- 奎寧是有效的瘧疾預(yù)防藥.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》