antidote英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.

— She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful. figuratively

— We need an antidote for this misinformation.

动词 v.

To counteract as an antidote. transitive

— Had she been less brilliantly efficient it might have ruined her business; had she been less impossibly absurd it would have spoiled her pleasure, but the two things simply antidoted one another.

词形变化

antidotes plural antidot alternative,obsolete antidotes present,singular,third-person antidoting participle,present antidoted participle,past antidoted past antidot alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

下位词

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衍生词

antiantidote antidotary antidotical

词源

词源 1

From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτον (antídoton, “antidote, remedy”), Clipping of ἀντίδοτον φάρμακον (antídoton phármakon, “drug given against”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “to give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Compare French antidote.

词源 2

From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτον (antídoton, “antidote, remedy”), Clipping of ἀντίδοτον φάρμακον (antídoton phármakon, “drug given against”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “to give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Compare French antidote.