nepenthe 的定义
- a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
- anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, especially of sorrow or trouble.
nepenthe 近义词
等同于 narcotic
更多nepenthe例句
- I did not find the nepenthe I sought for anywhere on draught, so I went home in disgust.
- Fifteen minutes later he returned with a kettle of his favourite nepenthe and all three adventurers drank to a bon voyage home.
- I do not mistake tapers for torches, ducats for louis dors, vicarious nepenthe for dreamless death.
- Lay thy annulling seal upon the o'erlabored heart: drop thy healing nepenthe into the weary brain.
- Repeat that air; it fascinates, benumbs me, it takes away my memory like a cup of nepenthe.