喜樂美語
  1. 1抗毒素

    A against a poison, not against just any illness. Your body can make it: special stuff in the blood that sticks to a toxin (a poison from a , a snake, a plant) and stops it working.

    A helper against a poison對抗毒素的幫手 not against just any illness而不是對抗隨便什麼疾病. Your body can make it你的身體可以自己製造 special stuff in the blood血液裡的特殊物質 that sticks to a toxin會黏住毒素 (a poison from a germ, a snake, a plant)（來自病菌、蛇、植物的毒） and stops it working讓它失去作用.

    Doctors can also give it as medicine, often made from blood that has already fought that poison — older treatments for diphtheria or used a shot of antitoxin.

    Doctors can also give it as medicine醫生也可以把它當藥給病人 often made from blood that has already fought that poison通常是用已經對抗過那種毒的血液製成 older treatments for diphtheria or tetanus以前治療白喉或破傷風 used a shot of antitoxin會打一針antitoxin.

    It is a formal, medical word. It is not an antibiotic (that fights living ) and it is not every kind of antidote (any fix for a poison). An antitoxin is specifically against a toxin.

    It is a formal, medical word這是個正式的醫學用字. It is not an antibiotic它不是抗生素 (that fights living germs)（抗生素對抗的是活的病菌） and it is not every kind of antidote它也不是所有的解毒方式 (any fix for a poison)（任何對付毒的辦法）. An antitoxin is specifically against a toxin antitoxin專門對付的是toxin（毒素）.

    You meet it in science class and hospitals, not in chat.

    You meet it in science class and hospitals你會在科學課和醫院裡遇到它 not in chat而不是在聊天裡.

core核心畫面

組成anti- (Greek “against”) + toxin. Toxin comes from Greek toxikon / Latin toxicum; that Greek family starts from τόξον, a bow, because poison was put on arrows.

同家族的字

  • toxinthe poison itself; antitoxin is anti- plus this word
  • toxicsame Greek root, for something poisonous

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

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antitoxinnoun

  • 1

    medicinesciencesA medicine able to neutralize a toxin.

    • Through the needle-hole thus stained with dye it was possible to "superinject" antitoxin, using a slightly wider needle avoid back leak along the old needle track, and thus to ensure a distribution of both toxin and antitoxin solutions from the same point the skin.
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    medicinesciencesAn antibody capable of neutralizing specific toxins.

    • These albuminous substances, whether found as normal products or created artificially in the blood, are distinguished as antitoxins, protective proteïds, vaccines, or alexines; physiologically they have been divided into sozines, those found in animals naturally immune, and phylaxines, those found in animals which by subcutaneous injections have artificially been made immune.

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