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drink a potion
drink 后直接接 potion，表示‘喝药水’。
The hero drank a potion to regain his strength.
英雄喝下药水以恢复体力。
药水；饮剂；魔药
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
药水；饮剂；魔药
a drink with medicinal, magical, or poisonous effects
The hero drank a potion to regain his strength.
英雄喝下药水以恢复体力。
少量药用的、有毒的或魔法的液体。
A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
药水,魔药或有毒饮料
a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
She added a few drops of the potion to her tea.
她往茶里加了几滴药水。
The old book contains a recipe for a love potion.
那本旧书里有一个爱情魔药的配方。
The villagers believed the potion could cure any fever.
村民们相信这种药水能治好任何发烧。
drink 后直接接 potion，表示‘喝药水’。
The hero drank a potion to regain his strength.
英雄喝下药水以恢复体力。
brew 意为‘调制、酿造’，常用于魔药或药水。
The witch brewed a potion for the prince.
女巫为王子调制药水。
用 for 引出药水的用途，后接名词或动名词。
She created a potion for invisibility.
她制作了一种用于隐身的药水。
Not this
He ate a large potion of the cake.
Use this
He ate a large portion of the cake.
“potion”（药水/饮剂）指魔药或药剂，而“portion”（部分/一份）指整体中的一部分。两者发音相近，但含义不同。句中“吃了一块蛋糕”应用“portion”。
Not this
She drank potion to cure her cold.
Use this
She drank a potion to cure her cold.
“potion”是可数名词，单数形式前必须加冠词“a”。汉语没有冠词，学习者常遗漏，因此应说“drank a potion”。
Not this
I ordered a potion at the café.
Use this
I ordered a drink at the café.
“potion”特指魔药、药剂或有毒饮料，不能泛指普通饮料。在咖啡厅点饮品应用“drink”或“beverage”。中文释义中的“饮料”易导致误用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
爱情药水
The witch gave him a love potion to make the princess fall in love.
女巫给了他一瓶爱情药水，让公主爱上他。
魔法药水
The hero drank the magic potion to become invisible.
英雄喝下魔法药水，使自己隐身。
治疗药水
She used a healing potion to recover from the wound.
她用了治疗药水来治愈伤口。
安眠药水
The story says the king was put into a deep sleep by a sleeping potion.
故事里说国王被安眠药水陷入沉睡。
调制（熬制）药水
The wizard spent the night brewing a potion for the festival.
巫师花了一整夜为节日熬制药水。
喝下药水
He drank the potion and immediately felt a strange warmth.
他喝下药水后立刻感到一阵奇怪的温热。
爱情魔药；令人迷恋的东西
She felt as if someone had slipped her a love potion when she met him.
她遇见他时，感觉自己像被人下了爱情魔药。
魔法药水；神奇妙方
There is no magic potion for learning a language; you have to practice every day.
学习语言没有神奇的药水，你必须每天练习。
她在第34街和瓦恩街有个落脚处，卖小瓶的爱情药水9号。
From 'Love Potion No. 9,' a hit 1959 song by The Clovers. It tells of a man who buys a magical love potion from a fortune teller and then starts kissing everything in sight.
出自The Clovers乐队1959年的热门歌曲《爱情药水9号》，讲述一个男人从算命婆那里买来魔法爱情药水，然后开始亲吻眼前的一切。
在这堂课上，不会有愚蠢的挥动魔杖或无聊的咒语。因此，我不指望你们中有多少人能领会魔药制作这门精妙的科学和精确的艺术。
From the 2001 film 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,' this is Professor Snape's opening speech to his first Potions class.
出自2001年电影《哈利·波特与魔法石》，这是斯内普教授对第一堂魔药课的开场白。
Use potion naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象《哈利·波特》里的角色喝下魔药(potion)，瞬间变身或疗伤——potion 就是“药水、魔药”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：fantasy fiction and role-playing games、historical or old-fashioned writing about medicine potion 通常见于奇幻文学、游戏或童话语境，指魔药；在涉及古代或旧式医药时也可指药水、饮剂。日常口语中若指现代药物，更常用 medicine，因此需根据语境选择。
potion 常指有魔力、药用或有毒性的饮料，不应只当作普通饮品。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.