English-Thai Dictionary

antidote

N ยา ถอนพิษ  ยา แก้ พิษ  antitoxin ya-thon-phid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANTIDOTE

n.[against, to give. ] 1. A medicine to counteract the effects of poison, or of any thing noxious taken into the stomach.
2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract the evil which something else might produce.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANTIDOTE

An "ti *dote, n. Etym: [L. antidotum, Gr. antidote. See Dose, n.]

 

1. A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.

 

2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.

 

ANTIDOTE

ANTIDOTE An "ti *dote, v. t.

 

1. To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote. Nor could Alexander himself. .. antidote. .. the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. South.

 

2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

antidote

an ti dote |ˈantiˌdōt ˈæntidoʊt | ▶noun a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison. • something that counteracts or neutralizes an unpleasant feeling or situation: laughter is a good antidote to stress. • (in homeopathy ) a substance that cancels or opposes the effect of a remedy. ▶verb [ with obj. ] ( antidotes, antidoting, antidoted ) counteract or cancel with an antidote: What remedy will antidote henbane? DERIVATIVES an ti dot al |ˌantiˈdōtl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin, from Greek antidoton, neuter of antidotos ‘given against, ’ from anti- ‘against ’ + didonai ‘give. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

antidote

anti |dote |ˈantɪdəʊt | ▶noun a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison. • something that counteracts an unpleasant feeling or situation: laughter is a good antidote to stress. DERIVATIVES antidotal adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin, from Greek antidoton, neuter of antidotos ‘given against ’, from anti- ‘against ’ + didonai ‘give ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

antidote

antidote noun 1 the antidote to this poison: antitoxin, antiserum, antivenin. 2 laughter is a good antidote to stress: remedy, cure, nostrum.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

antidote

antidote noun 1 there is no known antidote to this poison: antitoxin, antiserum; cure, remedy; neutralizer, neutralizing agent, counteragent; rare mithridate, antivenin, antivenene, theriac. 2 laughter is a good antidote to stress: remedy, cure, corrective, nostrum, countermeasure, counteragent; solution.

 

French Dictionary

antidote

antidote n. m. nom masculin 1 Contrepoison. : Le lait est un antidote à plusieurs produits toxiques. 2 figuré Remède, dérivatif contre un mal moral. : Un antidote des champignons vénéneux, des antidotes de l ’amour. Note Syntaxique Le nom se construit avec les prépositions de, à. Bien que jugée pléonastique, la construction avec la préposition contre est de plus en plus courante. Un antidote contre le découragement. Note Technique Attention au genre masculin de ce nom: un antidote.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

antidote

an ti dote /ǽntidòʊt /名詞 C 1 «…の » 解毒剤 «to , for » .2 ｟比喩的に ｠【望ましくない状態などを 】いやすもの, 緩和剤 ; 【ストレスなどの 】解消法 ; 【問題などの 】解決方法 «to , for » .3 ｟比喩的に ｠【害悪などに対する 】防御手段 ; 矯正手段 «to, for , against » .à n ti d ó t al 形容詞