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apothecary

/uh-poth-uh-ker-ee/US // əˈpɒθ əˌkɛr i //UK // (əˈpɒθɪkərɪ) //

药剂师,炼药厂,药房

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·poth·e·car·ies.

    • : a druggist; a pharmacist.
    • : a pharmacy or drugstore.
    • : a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine.

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Examples

  • She started an apothecary business after his death to help other people build their immune systems to better fend off infections.

  • The establishment is really beautiful, having the appearance more of an apothecary store, than a Grocery House.

  • As for his age, he himself told the apothecary of the Bastille, a little before his death, that he believed he was about sixty.

  • Having lost his father when very young, he was placed with an apothecary, with whom he lived several years.

  • The next to suffer was an apothecary named Franklin, from whom the poison had been procured.

  • He is, perhaps, the only person not an apothecary hereabouts.