记忆方法
nostrum no（不）+strum（发音“私传”）：秘方药不对外私传
中文词源
nostrum 灵丹妙药，江湖药
来自拉丁语nostrum remedium,家乡药，祖传神药，nostrum,我们的，家乡的，词源同us,our,remedium,治疗，药，词源同remedy.用来形容一些江湖骗子，比较quack.
英语词源
- nostrum (n.)
- "quack medicine," c. 1600, from Latin nostrum remedium "our remedy," presumably that prepared by the person offering it, from Latin nostrum, neuter of noster "our," from nos "we," from PIE *nos (see us).
权威例句
- 1. Some nostrum peddled as a cure for unemployment.
- 鼓吹可解决失业问题的妙策.
- 2. He told the patient that he had a nostrum.
- 他告诉病人他有秘方.