noun [C usually singular] LITERARY
a substance, usually a liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve or preserve:
It's yet another health product claiming to be the elixir of life/youth (= something to make you live longer/stay young)
thần dược
conventional
adjective
1 traditional and ordinary:
conventional behaviour/attitudes/clothes
conventional medicine/farming
a conventional wedding
DISAPPROVING I find his art rather dull and conventional.
NOTE: The opposite is unconventional.
2 describes weapons which are not nuclear, or methods of fighting a war that do not involve nuclear weapons:
conventional weapons/bombs
theo tục lệ
gullible
adjective
easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say:
There are any number of miracle cures on the market for people gullible enough to buy them.]
beverage
noun [C] FORMAL
a drink of any type:
Hot beverages include tea, coffee and hot chocolate.
We do not sell alcoholic beverages.
dồ uống
sibling
noun [C] FORMAL
a brother or sister:
I have four siblings: three brothers and a sister.
There was great sibling rivalry (= competition) between Peter and his brother.
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