Word · Frequency #15800
potion
药水；饮剂；魔药
a drink with medicinal, magical, or poisonous effects
- 1.
A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
少量药用的、有毒的或魔法的液体。
- 2.
a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
药水,魔药或有毒饮料
少量药用的、有毒的或魔法的液体。；药水,魔药或有毒饮料；饮剂；饮料；一次饮用量
In use
She added a few drops of the potion to her tea.
The old book contains a recipe for a love potion.
The villagers believed the potion could cure any fever.
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。
brew a potion
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。
a potion for [purpose]
用 for 引出药水的用途，后接名词或动名词。
She created a potion for invisibility.
Connections
Collocations
- love potion
- 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。
- magic potion
- 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。
- healing potion
- 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。
- sleeping potion
- 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。
- brew a potion
- 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。
- drink a potion
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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”。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
potion 常指有魔力、药用或有毒性的饮料，不应只当作普通饮品。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 potion /ˈpoʊʃən/ 真正押韵的词包括 motion、lotion、notion、ocean、emotion、devotion：它们都含有 /oʊʃən/ 或 /ʃən/ 的相同尾音。注意拼写相似的 option /ˈɑːpʃən/ 和 portion /ˈpɔːrʃən/ 发音不同，不要混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.