| 单词 |
homœopathic |
| 释义 |
homœopathic, a. (n.)|hɒm-, həʊmiːəʊˈpæθɪk|
[f. homœopathy + -ic. Cf. F. homéopathique (1827) and Ger. homöopathisch (1824).]
1. Belonging to or of the nature of homœopathy; practising or advocating homœopathy.
[1824Hahnemann Organon der Heilkunst (ed. 3) 1 Diesen homöopathischen Heilweg lehrte bisher niemand.] 1830Edin Rev. L. 513 First stands the homöopathic..then the allopathic or heteropathic [method]. a1845Hood To Hahnemann iii, Thanks to that soothing homœopathic balm. 1876Baroness Bunsen in Hare Life (1879) II. viii. 467, I am resolutely homœopathic.
2. fig. Very small or minute, like the doses usually given in homœopathy. (Often humorous.)
1838Dickens O. Twist xlii, Mr. Claypole taking cold beef from the dish, and porter from the pot, and administering homœopathic doses of both to Charlotte. 1841Motley Corr. (1889) I. iv. 70 Prussia is a mild despotism to be sure. 'Tis the homœopathic tyranny—small doses, constantly administered, and strict diet and regimen. 1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 307 The chapel was homœopathic in its dimensions.
B. n. A homœopathic drug or medicine.
1854W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) IV. 179 You ask me whether the homœopathics still keep me quite well. |
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