tonic

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɒnɪk/    美 /ˈtɑ.nɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate. uncountable,usually
    — We used to brew a tonic from a particular kind of root.
  2. The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
  3. Tonic water. uncountable,usually
  4. The triad built on the tonic note.
  5. Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop. US,dated,uncountable,usually
  6. A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
  7. Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates. figuratively,uncountable,usually
    — Charlie ain't no Nazi / She likes to wear her leather boots / 'Cause it's exciting for the veterans / And it's a tonic for the troops.
动词 v.
  1. To restore or invigorate. archaic
    — When all signs of effusion, dulness, pain, œgophony, and cough had disappeared he was dieted, stimulated, and tonicked.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to tension, especially of the muscles.
    — Out in front and across the street, Doc noted half a dozen or so young men, not loitering or doing substances but poised and tonic, as if waiting for some standing order to take effect.
  2. Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale. not-comparable
  3. Restorative; curative; or invigorating.
    — The arrival of the new members had a tonic effect on the team.
  4. Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech. not-comparable
  5. In a state of continuous unremitting action.
    — Peter Redgrave (2007) Basal ganglia. Scholarpedia, 2(6):1825. GABAergic neurones in the basal ganglia output nuclei have high tonic firing rates (40-80 Hz).
  6. Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong. not-comparable

词形变化

more tonic comparative most tonic superlative tonick alternative,obsolete tonics plural tonick alternative,obsolete tonics present,singular,third-person tonicking participle,present tonicked participle,past tonicked past tonick alternative,obsolete tonick alternative,obsolete tonics plural tonick alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
Adie's tonic pupil antitonic auxotonic bitonic epitonic eutonic hypertonic hypotonic isotonic normotonic phlebotonic tonic-clonic tonicify tonic immobility tonicity tonic tensor tympani syndrome vasotonic venotonic atonic homotonic paratonic tonically tonicize calcitonin cardiotonic cerebrotonic uterotonic viscerotonic gin and tonic hair tonic love tonic tonic and gin vodka tonic decatonic enneatonic heptatonic heterotonic hexatonic intertonic nontonic octatonic omnitonic oxytonic pentatonic polytonic post-tonic posttonic pretonic pre-tonic rhizotonic subtonic supertonic tonic accent tonicization
相关词
tonal center

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *tónos
Proto-Hellenic *tónos
Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós)
English tonic
From Ancient Greek τονικός (tonikós), from τόνος (tónos). 17th century writers believed health to be derived from firmly stretched muscles, thus tonic; the extension of tonic medicine appeared in the late 18th century. By surface analysis, ton(e) + -ic.
词源 2
From tone + -ic.
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