- a. 滋补的；使人精神振奋的；强直的；声调的；主音的
- n. 补药；生发水；主音；浊音；有兴奋作用的东西
tonic
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a.
- 滋补的
- 使人精神振奋的
- 【医】强直的
- 【语】声调的
- 【音】主音的
n.
- 补药
- 生发水
- 【音】主音
- 【语】浊音；重读音节
- 有兴奋作用的东西
辨析
以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》
n.
- a medicinal substance taken to give a feeling of vigour or well-being.
- something with an invigorating effect.
- (also tonic water) a carbonated soft drink with a bitter flavour, used as a mixer with gin or other spirits.
- Music the first note in a scale which, in conventional harmony, provides the keynote of a piece of music.
adj.
- Music relating to or denoting the first degree of a scale.
- Phonetics denoting or relating to the syllable within a tone group that has greatest prominence.
- Physiology relating to or restoring muscle tone. ▸of or denoting continuous muscular contraction.
Derivative
- tonically adv.
Etymology
C17: from Fr. tonique, from Gk tonikos ‘of or for stretching’, from tonos (see tone).
以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》
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