英和和英

名詞

potable gold (uncountable)

1. (alchemy) A theoretical substance which would confer eternal life on the drinker.
   • 2002, Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2004, p. 60

     This tradition found its way to the West in the notion of ‘potable gold’ (aurum potabile), a medicine that, if drunk, would cure all manner of ills.

2. (historical) A preparation consisting of gold particles in oil and alcohol.

同意語

• (drink conferring eternal life): elixir of life

参考

• colloidal gold