nostrum

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈnɒs.tɹəm/    美 /ˈnɑ.stɹəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.
    — Near-synonyms: paternoster, patent medicine, snake oil
  2. An ineffective but favorite remedy for a problem, usually involving political action. broadly
    — reformers of church charities [...made] known […] their different nostrums for setting Hiram's Hospital on its feet again.

词形变化

nostrums plural nostra plural

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin nostrum (“ours”), nominative neuter of noster (“our, ours”).
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