单词 | tonic |
释义 | tonic['tɒnik]n. 补药, (音乐)主调音或基音a. 滋补的, 声调的, 使精神振作的【医】 紧张的; 强直的; 强壮的, 补 tonic ton.ic AHD: [t¼n“¹k] D.J. [6tKn!k]K.K. [6t$n!k]n.(名词)1. An agent, such as a medication, that restores or increases body tone.增强剂,补药:恢复或增加身体强壮的补品,例如某种药物2. An invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence.增强物:增加活力、精神或帮助恢复的物品或影响3. Quinine water.奎宁水4. Boston See soft drink 【波士顿】 参见 soft drink5. Music The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.【音乐】 主音:自然音阶的第一个音阶;主音阶6. A tonic accent.声调重音adj.(形容词)1. Producing or stimulating physical, mental, or emotional vigor.滋补的:产生或刺激身体、思想或感情活力的2. Physiology Of, relating to, or producing tone or tonicity in muscles or tissue:【生理学】 紧张的,强直的:肌肉或组织强硬或紧张的,与其关的,产生肌肉或组织紧张的:a tonic reflex.肌肉紧张反射3. Medicine Characterized by continuous tension or contraction of muscles:【医学】 紧张的:以肌肉的紧张或紧缩为特点的:a tonic convulsion or spasm.肌肉因紧张而颤动或痉挛4. Music Of or based on the keynote.【音乐】 主音的:主音的,以主音为基础的5. Stressed, as a syllable; accented.重读的:重读的,例如一个重读音节;重读的语源:1. New Latin tonicus [of tension or tone] 现代拉丁语 tonicus [张力的,音调的] 2. from Greek tonikos [capable of extension] 源自 希腊语 tonikos [能够伸展的] 3. from tonos [a stretching, tone] * see tone 源自 tonos [延展,音调] *参见 tone继承用法:ton“ically adv.(副词)注释:Generic terms for carbonated soft drinks vary widely in the United States.Probably the two most common words competing for precedencearesoda, used in the northeast United States, andpop, used from the Midwest westward. In the South all soft drinks,regardless of the flavor or brand name,are referred to ascold drinks. Speakers in Boston and its environs have a term of their own:tonic. Such a variety of regional equivalents is unusual for a product for which advertising is so aggressive and universal;usually advertising has the effect of squeezing out regional variants.On the other hand, because there are so many types and flavors of soft drinks,perhaps no single generic word has ever emerged to challenge the regionalisms.在美国,含碳酸饮料的名称各地截然不同。其中有两个词正竞争着统治地位,一个是用于美国东北部的soda, , 另一个是用于中西部以西的pop 。 在美国南部,所有的软饮料,不管味道或品牌如何,都统统叫作cold drinks 。 波士顿及其周围地区有其自己的名称:tonic 。 对于一种广告做得满天飞的产品来说,这种各地区名字不同的情况十分不寻常;因为广告通常有减弱方言的作用。另一方面,由于软饮料有如比多的种类和风格,所以可能还没有哪一个泛称能够取代这么多地方变体 |
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