"tonic" in Chinese (Traditional)
補藥湯力水
Definition
補藥是一種可以讓你恢復精力或改善健康的藥物或飲料。它也可以指湯力水,一種常用於調酒的汽水飲料。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
在華語中,補藥通常是指中藥或滋補飲品,‘湯力水’常出現在西式酒吧與雞尾酒中,不要與‘有毒’混淆。
Examples
The doctor gave her a tonic to help her recover.
醫生給了她一些**補藥**幫助她恢復。
She mixed gin with tonic for the drink.
她把琴酒和**湯力水**混合做成飲料。
Some people drink herbal tonic every morning.
有些人每天早上喝草藥**補藥**。
Do you want your gin with tonic or just soda?
你的琴酒想加**湯力水**還是隻加蘇打?
After a long week, I could really use a cold tonic right now.
忙了一整週,我現在真想來杯冰涼的**湯力水**。
My grandmother swears by her homemade ginger tonic for colds.
我奶奶相信她自製的薑**補藥**可以治感冒。