Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nostrum \Nos"trum\ (-tr[u^]m), n.; pl. {Nostrums} (-tr[u^]mz).
[Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See {Us}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for
the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the
inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
[1913 Webster]
The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors
and the nostrums of quacks. --Brougham.
[1913 Webster]
3. Any scheme asserted to solve a problem, but with no
objective basis for belief in its effectiveness; esp., in
politics, a scheme or proposal likely to prove popular
with voters.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nostrum
n 1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought
by the alchemists [syn: {panacea}, {nostrum}, {catholicon},
{cure-all}]
2: patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
