tonic
滋补品,补品,补药,补剂
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Definitions
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- : a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- : anything invigorating physically, mentally, or morally: His cheerful greeting was a real tonic.
- : quinine water.
- : Music. the first degree of the scale; the keynote.
- : Chiefly Eastern New England. soda pop.
- : Phonetics. a tonic syllable or accent.
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- : pertaining to, maintaining, increasing, or restoring the tone or health of the body or an organ, as a medicine.
- : invigorating physically, mentally, or morally.
- : Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to tension, as of the muscles.marked by continued muscular tension: a tonic spasm.
- : using differences in tone or pitch to distinguish between words that are otherwise phonemically identical: a tonic language.
- : pertaining to tone or accent in speech.
- : Phonetics. bearing the principal stress or accent, usually accompanied by a change in pitch.
- : Music. of or relating to a tone or tones. pertaining to or founded on the keynote, or first tone, of a musical scale: a tonic chord.
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Examples
“My Inner Sky,” by Mari AndrewAndrew’s new book is a calming tonic for uncertain times.
In a gin and tonic or other spring highball, it adds a crisp, fresh note.
Jezler says she conceived of the workshop as a kind of tonic for the slate of problems Covid-19 has brought to remote teams.
All five episodes are available now wherever you get your podcasts… just search tech tonic.
Both cities have special things to recommend them, though I wouldn’t say broth tonic is one of them.
Webb comes across with a clarity of expression that is rare for a politician and that the voters might find a welcome tonic.
The result is a jade green soup that is smooth and gently tonic.
For Feiffer, the cold isolation of the upstate New York retreat worked like a tonic.
Ultimately, the recommended tonic is based on your mind-body type according to ancient tradition.
Unfortunately, the four-time NBA All-Star was tragically known for his unofficial nickname: Vin and Tonic.
Monsieur Ratignolle was delighted to see her, though he found her looking not so well as at Grand Isle, and he advised a tonic.
And the familiar scenery, together with the wholesome exercise of sculling, acted as a tonic to his nerves.
First of all is the forceful utterance of the stressed syllable; the Provençal has post-tonic syllables, unlike the sister-speech.
He shrewdly suspected that the infinite peace of the landscape would prove the best tonic for her overwrought mind.
“A useful phrase at times, of the nature of a tonic, amidst our enervating civilisation,” she reflected.