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A potion is a drink that is supposed to have a special, often magical, effect — in stories, characters brew love potions, sleeping potions, or potions that turn people invisible. Outside of fantasy stories, the word can also describe an old-fashioned medicine you drink, though this use feels a bit quaint today, like something from a fairy tale or an old pharmacy.
藥水、魔藥
組成From Latin potio, meaning 'a drink.'
同家族的字
- potableshares the Latin root potio/potare, 'to drink' — potable water is water safe to drink
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
potionnoun/ˈpəʊ.ʃən/
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A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
- He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.
- Everything changed when I found this potion that gives me a huge speed boost whenever I drink it.
potionverb/ˈpəʊ.ʃən/
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obsoleteTo drug (someone).
- [T]he yong L. Roger Mortimer, […] hauing corrupted his Keepers, or (as ſome others vvrite) hauing potioned them vvith a ſleepy drinke, eſcaped out of the Tovver of London, getting ouer clearely vvithout any empeachment into France.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。