nostrum 【貶義】n.靈丹妙藥；萬能之計(jì)；秘方；萬能藥；騙人的假藥

①nost→拉丁詞根noster，解釋為our,ours

rum不就是朗姆酒嘛，那這個(gè)詞就可以聯(lián)想到一群酒鬼醉醺醺地抓著朗姆酒說“酒就是我們的靈丹妙藥”，也有貶義，

②nostril即鼻孔，治鼻炎時(shí)要往鼻孔里滴“靈丹妙藥”

panacea /?p?n??si? /

→something that will solve all problems. [ C usually singular ]

sovereign remedy 特效物；靈藥

elixir /??l?ks? / 長生不老藥